Wireless-Ac 8265 as AP on Nano and server

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Nano
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Hi, I’m using Jetson Nano with an AC-8265 wifi card. I’ve disabled Ubuntu 18.04 desktop and using netplan for networking. I’ve manage to config AC8256 as a client for my WiFi router, but now I need to config it as an AP. Is there a way to make it work? If not, then is there a wifi dongle that work in AP mode?

Thank

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Please try with below cmmand to see if can work:

nmcli con add type wifi ifname wlan0 mode ap con-name WIFI_AP ssid DL_AP

nmcli con modify WIFI_AP 802-11-wireless.band bg

nmcli con modify WIFI_AP 802-11-wireless.channel 1

nmcli con modify WIFI_AP 802-11-wireless-security.key-mgmt wpa-psk

nmcli con modify WIFI_AP 802-11-wireless-security.psk 11223344

nmcli con modify WIFI_AP ipv4.method shared

nmcli con up WIFI_AP

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do I need to disable current network configuration and enable NetworkManager? I’m not using networkmanager…

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You can give it a trial.

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elgarbe@jetson:~$  nmcli con add type wifi ifname wlan0 mode ap con-name WIFI_AP ssid DL_AP
Error: Failed to add 'WIFI_AP' connection: Insufficient privileges.
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo nmcli con add type wifi ifname wlan0 mode ap con-name WIFI_AP ssid DL_AP
[sudo] password for elgarbe: 
Connection 'WIFI_AP' (3c0c5c9a-acd7-48ab-a6e3-f27d369991ac) successfully added.
elgarbe@jetson:~$ nmcli con modify WIFI_AP 802-11-wireless.band bg
Error: Failed to modify connection 'WIFI_AP': Insufficient privileges.
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo nmcli con modify WIFI_AP 802-11-wireless.band bg
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo nmcli con modify WIFI_AP 802-11-wireless.channel 1
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo nmcli con modify WIFI_AP 802-11-wireless-security.key-mgmt wpa-psk
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo nmcli con modify WIFI_AP 802-11-wireless-security.psk 27825719
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo nmcli con modify WIFI_AP ipv4.method shared
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo nmcli con up WIFI_AP
Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for this connection.
elgarbe@jetson:~$ nmcli connection show
NAME                UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE 
Wired connection 1  8a494b8e-6edc-35ae-8ae5-e2ad7f339cee  ethernet  eth0   
Leo                 846ced0d-76b3-4dc5-820c-556b0c2c52cd  wifi      --     
WIFI_AP             3c0c5c9a-acd7-48ab-a6e3-f27d369991ac  wifi      --     
elgarbe             e568424c-d2f0-4c4d-a70a-2e804e443054  wifi      --     
elgarbe 1           8b523bec-3f0f-4001-ad6f-3a303b9a6c9d  wifi      --     
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo pkill wpa_supplicant && sudo pkill dhcpcd
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager
elgarbe@jetson:~$ sudo nmcli con up WIFI_AP
Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for this connection.
elgarbe@jetson:~$
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Please check below thread to see if can work:

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that post is not working for me.
I boot in gui again ( sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target) in order to test hotspot mode but I can’t configure the wi-fi. under Wi-Fi Networks I can see “device not managed” and I don’t see any wireless network to connect to. Is there a way to restore the network?
BTW iwconfig and ifconfig -a shows that wlan0 is connected to mi wifi router, but I can’t use network-manager to manage the connections

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I have no idea now as other usesr can get it working on both Nano and Orin, maybe to reinstall the network manager could help, or reflash your device to start setting it from the beginning.

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ok, the flash solution works. I make a hotspot on a new system using GUI, then disable the GUI and reboot. The wifi AP is still there.
I would like to config ip address for the AP, I will look into it.
thank

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