I am trying to configure my Fedora 38 box to work as an access point (WiFi hotspot) called, say, MyAP.
So I use nmcli like this:
nmcli -p con add type wifi con-name MyAP autoconnect yes ssid MyAp \
ipv6.method disabled ipv4.method shared ipv4.addresses 192.168.66.1/24 \
gw4 192.168.66.1 802-11-wireless.mode ap 802-11-wireless.band a \
wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psk wifi-sec.psk <somepassword>
Yet, MyAP keeps connecting/disconnecting several times. In this case, nmcli dev status shows:
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
enp0s31f6 ethernet connected IMPA Wired
wlp0s20f3 wifi connecting (configuring) MyAP
p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3 wifi-p2p disconnected --
lo loopback unmanaged --
and it stays like that: connecting (configuring) in yellow. The command nmcli c shows MyAP connection in yellow.
In journalctl -b I see these:
NetworkManager[1042]: <warn> [1690232848.2272] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: (wifi) Hotspot network creation took too long, failing activation
NetworkManager[1042]: <info> [1690232848.2272] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: config -> failed (reason 'supplicant-timeout', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
wpa_supplicant[19218]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all
NetworkManager[1042]: <warn> [1690232848.2281] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: failed for connection 'MyAP'
NetworkManager[1042]: <info> [1690232848.2285] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
NetworkManager[1042]: <info> [1690232848.2416] device (wlp0s20f3): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 9E:45:F9:B7:73:84 (scanning)
NetworkManager[1042]: <info> [1690232848.2614] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
NetworkManager[1042]: <info> [1690232848.2614] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Why MyAP is not connecting?
EDIT
It seems that it works if I remove the band restriction 802-11-wireless.band a. Strange, because it used to work with this.
