Raspap Couldn't Get Ip Address help a newbie please 😢

[astrawnuts]

Hi everyone, I feel like I have come a long way with my RaspAP setup. Would really appreciate any help on this to know where i am going wrong. Im reasonably new to linux so dont have that much understanding.

when trying to connect a device to the hotspot it says couldnt get ip address.

My Setup:
OS: Server Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

• Using TP Link Wireless USB Adapter with Intel Nuc (as far as I can see drivers have been installed).
• Intel NUC connects to ethernet cable
• USB Wifi Adapater works as hotspot/access point
• when trying to connect phones to the access point it says couldn't get ip address (especially true in android).
• I have followed the guide to the best of my understanding

$ lsusb

 TP-Link 

[billz]

It appears your AP interface has an automatically assigned IP from the 169.254.x.x private address range. This is a failover mechanism for local IPv4 networks when clients are unable to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server.

The AP interface requires a static IPv4 address, eg.:

raspap-webgui/config/dhcpcd.conf

Lines 13 to 16 in 470debb

	# RaspAP wlan0 configuration
	interface wlan0
	static ip_address=10.3.141.1/24
	static routers=10.3.141.1

This is done automatically by RaspAP's default settings, however it doesn't know how to handle the predictable network interface name assigned to your wlx[...] USB device.

If you'd like to use your external wireless adapter as the AP interface, be sure to assign a static IP to this interface in the DHCP server settings UI. Save the settings, restart the AP, confirm your static IP, then try connecting clients again.

Protip: enable DHCP request logging on the DHCP Server > Logging tab for additional debug info.