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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Assigning an IP in AP mode
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>> I have net.wlan0 started by init, not by hostapd, not sure if that
>> makes a difference.
>
> You start net.wlan0 in master mode with /etc/init.d/net.wlan0? =A0If so,
> do you have a PSK?

No - master mode comes with hostapd. It just gets started.

> hostapd doesn't report any error and I don't think it should.
> Everything works fine as soon as I 'ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.1' but I
> know there's a way to assign that IP automatically, I've just
> forgotten what it is. =A0My description above is the trouble I run into
> when I try to set up that automatic IP assignment. =A0As long as I issue
> ifconfig manually, everything works fine.

Just let net.wlan0 bring the interface up and configure the IP for you.