USB WLAN Interface not found

[batousik]

Trying to start ap on an rtl8812au which is connected by usb.

cat: /sys/class/net/enx6023a401494d/phy80211/name: No such file or directory
[INFO] Architecture: x86_64
[INFO] Number of physical wireless interfaces connected: 1
[INFO] Docker image fgg89/docker-ap not found
[+] Building the image fgg89/docker-ap (Grab a coffee...)
sha256:8aabbfaf3d20444c8ebd702b2d30100d96a26331df1d69c624cb371186f8fa81
[INFO] Unblocking wifi and setting enx6023a401494d up
[INFO] Found WLAN config file
[INFO] SSID: DockerAP
[+] Generating hostapd.conf
[+] Generating dnsmasq.conf
[+] Starting the docker container with name ap-container
command failed: No such file or directory (-2)
[+] Configuring enx6023a401494d with IP address 192.168.7.1
Device "enx6023a401494d" does not exist.
Cannot find device "enx6023a401494d"
Cannot find device "enx6023a401494d"
[+] Adding natting rule to iptables (container)
[+] Enabling IP forwarding (container)
[+] Starting hostapd and dnsmasq in the docker container ap-container

/sys/class/net/enx6023a401494d  ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root    0 сен 18 00:37 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    0 сен 18 00:37 ..
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 addr_assign_type
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 address
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 addr_len
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 broadcast
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 carrier
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 carrier_changes
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 carrier_down_count
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 carrier_up_count
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    0 сен 18 00:37 device -> ../../../1-3:1.0
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 dev_id
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 dev_port
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 dormant
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 duplex
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 flags
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 gro_flush_timeout
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 ifalias
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 ifindex
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 iflink
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 link_mode
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 mtu
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 name_assign_type
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 netdev_group
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 operstate
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 phys_port_id
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 phys_port_name
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 phys_switch_id
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 сен 18 00:58 power
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 proto_down
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root    0 сен 18 00:58 queues
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 speed
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 сен 18 00:58 statistics
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    0 сен 18 00:58 subsystem -> ../../../../../../../../class/net
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:58 tx_queue_len
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 type
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4096 сен 18 00:37 uevent
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 сен 18 00:58 wireless

[fgg89]

Hi @batousik

It seems the name of the interface must be elsewhere. Please share the content of /sys/class/net/enx6023a401494d/

[batousik]

Already did

[fgg89]

Usually naming such as "enx..." is not for wireless interfaces but rather eth.

Can you please post the output of "iw dev"?

[batousik]

I was running windows 10, now im on linux.

Do you want iw dev inside the container?

this is the output from the linux host machine

	Unnamed/non-netdev interface
		wdev 0x2
		addr 9c:b6:d0:6a:37:e1
		type P2P-device
		txpower 0.00 dBm

[fgg89]

This script is only meant to work under Linux.

It seems the system doesn't recognize properly the wireless interface. The output below is how it should look like:

phy#1
	Interface wlx00c0ca821833
		ifindex 4
		wdev 0x100000001
		addr 00:c0:ca:82:18:33
		type managed
		txpower 20.00 dBm

I would suggest trying to fix this or use another wireless interface.