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I am using this github project to create an access point on my Pi, in order to allow setup of WiFi information via a phone app.

I have successfully run the setup on a Pi 4 using Buster, and used the same sd card in a Pi 3+ after changing the MAC address in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.

However, due to a change in what I need to have this work on, I have to get it working on a Compute Module3+ that is attached to a Compute Module IO Board V3.0. Since it doesn't have built in networking capabilities, I am also using a CanaKit WiFi adapter.

When I boot it up with the SD card, I get errors in the networking service, specifically:

Could not set interface wlan0 flags (UP): Device or resource busy
WEXT: Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
wlan0: Failed to initialize driver interface
Failed to start Raise network interfaces

ifconfig only shows ap0 as being up, and I can connect to it via my phone and communicate via my App, but it is unable to connect to the internet afterwords.

jmgwynn
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I cannot see much from the link you have referenced. From your description I assume you want to have an access point together with a WiFi client connection as uplink to another hotspot. I don't know anything about the Compute Module but because you wrote it may be software compatible to RPi 3B+ and 4B you can have a look at solutions for them.

The error message you described is well known. It is due to the problem that the initialization of the interfaces wlan0 and ap0 and starting helper programs like wpa_supplicant and hostapd have to follow a strict order. How to manage it you can look at Access point as WiFi router/repeater, optional with bridge.

Using an additional USB/WiFi dongle would simplify the setup a lot. Then you will have two completely independent interfaces wlan0 and wlan1 and you don`t run into the error you have described. How to use this you can look at Access point as WiFi router/repeater with additional WiFi-dongle.

Ingo
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