Hostapd Channel not supported on supported channels

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I also posted this in the RPi troubleshooting forums, trying to get an answer (Just in case someone saw an identical post and thought that was weird).

I have been troubleshooting this one for a little while and I keep getting the same results.  Was hoping someone here might be more knowledgeable than me.

If I use Channels 8-12, I get the same error:

Code:

wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Configured channel (10) not found from the channel list of current mode (1) IEEE 802.11g
wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured channel
Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapd failed!

And channels 1-7 work as intended.

My hostapd.conf is:

Code:

interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=PocketVPN
hw_mode=g
ieee80211n=1
ht_capab=[SHORT-GI-40][HT40+][HT40-][DSSS_CCK-40]
channel=10
wmm_enabled=0
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=1234567890
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP

However iw list shows:

Code:

sudo iw list
Frequencies:
    * 2412 MHz [1] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2417 MHz [2] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2422 MHz [3] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2427 MHz [4] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2432 MHz [5] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2437 MHz [6] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2442 MHz [7] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2447 MHz [8] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2452 MHz [9] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2457 MHz [10] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2462 MHz [11] (30.0 dBm)
    * 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
    * 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
    * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)

I also tried forcing my region (US) using 

Code:

sudo iw reg set US

Code:

sudo iw reg get US

Which returns:

Code:

country US: DFS-FCC
        (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
        (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
        (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
        (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
        (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
        (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)

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I think I solved this, although I am not quite sure why.

This was being caused by:

Code:

ht_capab=[SHORT-GI-40][HT40+][HT40-][DSSS_CCK-40]

It seems the 40Mhz spectrum was not allowing me to use channels above 7. Once I removed this line, all started working again as intended.