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I've followed the following tutorials (this one primarily, but this also) to set up a wifi access point on my RPi3 (in order to then use it as a Tor proxy). I have reached the stage where I test the access point host by running:

sudo /usr/sbin/hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

However, after inputting the command I receive the following error message:

Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Failed to create interface mon.wlan0: -95 (Operation not supported)
Could not set channel for kernel driver
Interface initialization failed
wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
wlan0: AP-DISABLED
wlan0: Unable to setup interface.
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started

Where should I be looking to troubleshoot this?

As additional information, I'm attempting to use the in-built RPi3 wifi adapter, and accordingly have commented out the driver=rtl871xdrv line in the hostapd.conf file.

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  • I have the same problem :/ , you are found a solution? Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 12:32
  • I'm having the same issue, and as usual with Linux, it's driving me nuts. Any help is appreciated.
    – Dewey
    Commented May 18, 2017 at 22:14

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