Start hostapd service on boot

wireless services autostart hostapd

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Sounds like you might have gotten past this, as the daemon reports it is running when querying status.

My /etc/default/hostapd file did not define where to find the hostapd.conf file (as provided by Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS). And so, I received no output when running sudo service hostapd start or sudo service hostapd status.

Once I directed the out-of-the-box init script to a configuration file, the service was able to start, and show status.

Maybe this was done on purpose to force you to think about configuration before the wireless services start.

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loo3y35

Updated on September 18, 2022

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loo3y35 over 1 year
How to start hostsapd service every time my compute starts

I have Ubuntu Server 13.10 and kernel 3.11

When I tried sudo update-rc.d hostapd defaults I got the following
```
System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/hostapd already exist.
```
and sudo service hostapd status shows that the service is not running
- Parto almost 10 years
  
  possible duplicate of How can I configure a service to run at startup
- loo3y35 almost 10 years
  
  @Parto Already tried that, doesn't work
- Jos almost 10 years
  
  Is there anything useful in /var/log/syslog after "Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management" if you try sudo service hostapd start manually?
- loo3y35 almost 10 years
  
  sudo service hostapd start works perfectly, my only issue is starting the service automatically @Jos
- Jos almost 10 years
  
  Try this: edit the file /etc/init.d/hostapd, remove the --quiet option in the start) section, and reboot. This should give you more informational messages in /var/log/syslog.
- Lety almost 10 years
  
  Does hostsapd need other services in up status to successfully complete its startup?
- loo3y35 almost 10 years
  
  @Letizia I have no idea, how to check that?
- loo3y35 almost 10 years
  
  @Jos a message there says that the channel chosen is not supported, but when the computer is on I can use the same configuration file to run the service and it works.
- Jos almost 10 years
  
  That sounds like a bug. Perhaps report this on Launchpad?
- Lety almost 10 years
  
  Run level init process starts ad static-network-up event. The event will not be emitted unless every interface configured as 'auto' in /etc/network/interfaces is up (see this link. Did hostapd need other kind of network up in order to complete its startup? Other point: verify in your /etc/rc2.d the number assigned to Sxxhostapd and which other services has upper value (they start after hostapd). Does this service necessary to hostapd startup? Sorry, but I don't know this service.