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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:38:45 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: wlan: UP but not RUNNING ?
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmomd3L%2BAtu5DbxXWKKw6zvgJkUxDgRGYx9F8gO6WTntiCg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <8ed936d2-242a-4dca-a38b-1117b41e87ef@FreeBSD.org>

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That's weird. I checkd mine (-head) and both are up and running.

What's in your config files and how do you create the interfaces?


-a


On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 at 13:35, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote:

>
> This is on 14.3.
> I have configured two VAPs, the configuration is almost identical except
> for SSID.
> hostapd-s for both interfaces are also running.
> Both interfaces are UP, both have status running, but one doesn't have
> RUNNING
> in its flags.
>
> What does that mean?
>
> wlan0: flags=8903<UP,BROADCAST,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>          options=0
> ...
>          parent interface: ath0
>          media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng <hostap>
>          status: running
>
> wlan1: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
> mtu 1500
>          options=0
> ...
>          parent interface: ath0
>          media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng <hostap>
>          status: running
>
>
> --
> Andriy Gapon
>
>
>

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<div dir="ltr">That&#39;s weird. I checkd mine (-head) and both are up and running.<div><br></div><div>What&#39;s in your config files and how do you create the interfaces?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-a</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 at 13:35, Andriy Gapon &lt;<a href="mailto:avg@freebsd.org">avg@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
This is on 14.3.<br>
I have configured two VAPs, the configuration is almost identical except for SSID.<br>
hostapd-s for both interfaces are also running.<br>
Both interfaces are UP, both have status running, but one doesn&#39;t have RUNNING <br>
in its flags.<br>
<br>
What does that mean?<br>
<br>
wlan0: flags=8903&lt;UP,BROADCAST,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 1500<br>
         options=0<br>
...<br>
         parent interface: ath0<br>
         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng &lt;hostap&gt;<br>
         status: running<br>
<br>
wlan1: flags=8943&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 1500<br>
         options=0<br>
...<br>
         parent interface: ath0<br>
         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng &lt;hostap&gt;<br>
         status: running<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Andriy Gapon<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>
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