trouble with hostapd

[Felix Fietkau]

On 06.08.23 17:29, e9hack wrote:
> Am 04.08.2023 um 13:01 schrieb Felix Fietkau:
>> 
>> Can you please build hostapd with CONFIG_WPA_MSG_MIN_PRIORITY=0 in the OpenWrt .config, add -d to the hostapd command in /etc/init.d/wpad
>> 
>> Afterwards, please show me the relevant log part with the full context of the beacon command, so that I can figure out which parameter might be going out of range.
>> 
> 
> It occurs again after restarting of hostapd:
> 
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd: nl80211: beacon_ies - hexdump(len=12): 7f 0a 04 00 00 00 01 00 01 40 00 40
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd: nl80211: proberesp_ies - hexdump(len=12): 7f 0a 04 00 00 00 01 00 01 40 00 40
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd: nl80211: assocresp_ies - hexdump(len=12): 7f 0a 04 00 00 00 01 00 01 40 00 40
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd: nl80211: he_spr_ctrl=0x3
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd:   * freq=2462
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd:   * eht_enabled=0
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd:   * he_enabled=1
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd:   * vht_enabled=0
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd:   * ht_enabled=1
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd:   * radar_background=0
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd:   * sec_channel_offset=-1
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd:   * channel_type=2
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd: nl80211: twt_responder=1
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.err hostapd: nl80211: kernel reports: integer out of range
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd: nl80211: Beacon set failed: -34 (Result not representable)
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.err hostapd: Failed to set beacon parameters
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd: nl80211: Fetch survey data
> Sun Aug  6 12:46:39 2023 daemon.debug hostapd: nl80211: Freq survey dump event (freq=2462 MHz noise=0 channel_time=71621861 busy_time=7745546 tx_time=2674494 rx_time=4839616 filled=001e)
> 
> I send a bigger log from the 90 sec before off-list.

After trying many different things, I finally figured out that it was 
related to BSS color collisions, and only when using multiple interfaces 
on the same PHY. Fixed in latest master.

Thanks for reporting this,

- Felix