Bridged AP does not work on BananaPiPro (Armbian_community_26.8.0-trunk.170_Bananapipro_trixie_current_6.18.35_minimal)

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I tried to build an bridged AP so that I can reach the Internet from a WiFi net spawned from the BananaPiPro. By this I followed the procedure from armbian-config (config.network.sh).

 

After install the AP is shown in the login screen:

 

WiFi AP:      SSID: (BPi), channel 7 (2442 MHz), width: 20 MHz, center1: 2442 MHz

 

When I try to connect from my mobile phone it either says "connecting without Internet".

The output in syslog is then:

 

026-07-06T12:35:02.645970+02:00 bananapipro hostapd: wlan0: STA 22:50:7b:ac:e3:2e IEEE 802.11: associated
2026-07-06T12:35:02.690671+02:00 bananapipro hostapd: wlan0: STA 22:50:7b:ac:e3:2e RADIUS: starting accounting session 500A81EDD1715454
2026-07-06T12:35:02.691497+02:00 bananapipro hostapd: wlan0: STA 22:50:7b:ac:e3:2e WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)

 

Ort otherwise the phone just says "cannot connect".

 

My netplan file is as follows:

 

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    end0:
      dhcp4: false
      dhcp6: false
      macaddress: "02:cd:08:83:3c:f3"
    wlan0:
      dhcp4: false
      dhcp6: false
  bridges:
    br0:
      addresses:
      - "192.168.178.29/24"
      nameservers:
        addresses:
        - 9.9.9.9
        - 1.1.1.1
      interfaces:
      - wlan0
      - end0
      routes:
      - metric: 200
        to: default
        via: "192.168.178.1"

 

The hostapd.conf is:

 

interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=BPi
hw_mode=g
channel=7
wmm_enabled=0
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=secret
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP

ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0

ieee80211n=1
ht_capab=[DSSS_CK-40][HT20+]

preamble=1

bridge=br0

 

The output of network list is:

 

root@bananapipro:/etc/hostapd# networkctl list
IDX LINK  TYPE     OPERATIONAL SETUP     
  1 lo    loopback carrier     unmanaged
  2 end0  ether    enslaved    configured
  3 br0   bridge   routable    configured
  4 wlan0 wlan     enslaved    failed   

 

Does anybody have an idea where to look further for a solution? As I have an AP running on my other BananaPiPro (Bookworm CLI / Networkmanager, manual config, not bridged) it cannot be a complete HW limitation, I think.