Error in Access Point docs?

[PjV]

Hi,

I followed the docs at: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... s-point.md to create an access point and share DHCP addresses obtained via eth0 (the 2nd part of the page).
The docs look to be missing that the hostapd process needs to be started after a reboot; I have to add

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pre-up hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf -B

to the br0 section of the /etc/network/interfaces file.
Can someone verify?

Thanks,

Peter

[DougieLawson]

You shouldn't need that. There should be a systemd service file to get hostapd running (as long as you update /etc/default/hostapd to activate your profile)

sudo systemctl enable hostapd
sudo systemctl start hostapd

[PjV]

Yes, you are right. It is not necessary, if you add steps from the first section.
(The second section doesn't mention updating /etc/default/hostapd )

Thanks!

[DougieLawson]

Yes, you are right. It is not necessary, if you add steps from the first section.
(The second section doesn't mention updating /etc/default/hostapd )

Thanks!

Doing step one as the pre-requisite to step two is assumed, but may not be best explained.