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I'm trying to set up my Raspberry Pi2 as an access point. hostapd and isc-dhcp-server run without any errors. I see the network, but I can't connect with any device, it just times out or tells me it can't connect.

And the strange thing is, I don't see ANY activity of the DHCP server in the syslog of the Pi, so I'm not sure if the hostapd or the dhcp-server is causing the error. Can anyone help me?

output ifconfig:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb:38:f4:25 inet addr:192.168.8.55 Bcast:192.168.8.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::ba27:ebff:fe38:f425/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1646 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3974 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:113231 (110.5 KiB) TX bytes:4730604 (4.5 MiB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:720 (720.0 B) TX bytes:720 (720.0 B) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:da:38:35:86:51 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::76da:38ff:fe35:8651/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:7 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

hostapd.conf:

interface=wlan0 driver=rtl871xdrv ssid=NAME hw_mode=g channel=6 macaddr_acl=0 auth_algs=3 ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 wpa=2 wpa_passphrase=PASSWORD wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=CCMP rsn_pairwise=CCMP

dhcpd.conf:

 default-lease-time 600; max-lease-time 7200; authoritative; subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.200; option domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8; option domain-name "local"; option routers 192.168.1.1; option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255; default-lease-time 600; max-lease-time 7200; }
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  • My hostapd.conf containts wpa_pairwise=TKIP and it's working well. This doesn't explain why it's not working, but it might be worth a shot. Are the devices associating with the AP but simply not getting an IP address, or not associating at all? Commented Sep 24, 2015 at 17:05
  • @bobstro: tried that too, didn't change anything....I don't know what you mean with "associating", Windows Vista tells me "could not connect", same does Android, and thats all I have here to test it.... Commented Sep 24, 2015 at 17:52
  • I really don't know how to find out if the problem is the access point itself (hostapd) or just the dhcp... Commented Sep 24, 2015 at 17:52
  • There are 2 steps to connecting via wifi: 1. Associating to the AP, 2. Getting IP address via DHCP. If you can complete step 1 (how to verify varies by connecting device) but not 2, it's a DHCP server problem. If you can't complete step 1, its a hostapd problem. Try this: Stop the hostapd server with sudo stop service hostapd, then run it with verbose debug output sudo hostapd -d /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf (correcting for wherever your hostapd.conf actually lives). You should see a lot of diagnostic messages which may show whether your device is associating. What wifi adapter are you using? Commented Sep 24, 2015 at 18:10

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Same thing happened to me. I came to the conclusion that the dhcp-server was causing the problem. I solved it by using hostapd and dnsmasq instead of hostapd and isc-dhcp-server according to this site. http://blog.claytonn.com/raspberry-pi-creating-access-point/

Cheers,

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Try to use trivial hostapd config without security.

interface=wlan0 ssid=Raspberry_Free hw_mode=g channel=6 auth_algs=1 wmm_enabled=0

Then try to check isc-dhcp-server log if it process any dhcp requests.

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had this problem today youtube and google would not connect, finally noticed that chromium has allowed an ap extension to be installed called ublock it appears as an icon on the the right side of the screen where the lighning bold appears on occasion. I removed the extension and all was good I can now connect to my hotspot successfully.

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