Package: hostapd
Version: 2:2.4-1+deb9u4
Severity: important
using kernel 4.16.0-0.bpo.2-686-pae, the hostapd update to
2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-4~bpo9+2 causes wlan0 to no longer work
reverting back to 2:2.4-1+deb9u4 , allowed hostapd to run again correctly
/etc/network/interfaces
"auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
address 10.9.9.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 10.9.9.255
"
fwiw, the module the wireless chipset is using is ath5k
observation:
- ifconfig lists wlan0
- A client scanning the AP will see it appear for a couple of seconds
before it disappears, even though ifconfig still says that wlan0 is
still up.
the issue is replicated for each of these release, tested multiple times
and the result is the same for hostapd never working correctly with
2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-4~bpo9+2.
