slartibarfast

Yes, I spent a 30+ year career in IT, and never stopped learning, no reason to think I would stop now. I do not discount the sage advice of @bjlockie...

> > my intention is to get it to run under Proxmox (v8.1) It seems to be running a 6.5 kernel. > > I am unfamiliar with this distro. Can...

No rush to respond... I'm retired, I have lots of time to fiddle :) Your docs suggest Realtek seems not to be supported as highly as the Brostrend group suggest......

> > 4: wlxc83a35b4484d: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000 > > link/ether c8:3a:35:b4:48:4d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > In addition to "ip a" you might want...

I'm thinking this might be helpful in determining the appropriate values for configuration. Unfortunately, the HT and VHT capabilities are not identified, and I have yet to find them referenced...

Hey, thanks for the nudge I was able to get the latest hostapd changes to bring the network device to an "UP" state, but it would not enter into AP...

@DarthShredder, I'm not using that realtek usb dongle anymore either, but this solved the same problem that I ran into with an ALFA device. I added a `/etc/modprobe.d/local.conf` with your...

@alikaylan , I used more or less the same options line @DarthShredder suggested, except I changed the country code to US even though it wasnt my final choice. in my...