Router configuration. Unable to Connect to Hostapd WiFi Network

I have set up a wireless network using hostapd on my Banana Pi R3 router running Ubuntu 22.04. **hostapd configuration** $ sudo cat /etc/hostapd/hostapd_wlan0_gemma.conf # hostapd configuration file interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd ssid=GemmaNode country_code=EU channel=7 hw_mode=g ht_capab=[LDPC][HT20][HT40-][HT40+][GF][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1] #ht_capab=[HT40-][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40] # Try this ieee80211n=1 auth_algs=1 wmm_enabled=1 wpa=2 wpa_passphrase=mypassword wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=CCMP nas_identifier=glutamate-vlan500 **Problem** When I try to connect to the WiFi network from another computer, the connection fails. **Questions** - Why is the client not acknowledging the authentication response? - How can I resolve the connection issue to ensure successful authentication and connection? **hostapd Logs** When I start hostapd, I get the following log messages indicating an issue with authentication: wlan0: Event RX_MGMT (18) received mgmt::auth authentication: STA=00:e1:b0:10:2c:df auth_alg=0 auth_transaction=1 status_code=0 wep=0 seq_ctrl=0x5f90 wlan0: STA 00:e1:b0:10:2c:df IEEE 802.11: authentication OK (open system) wlan0: STA 00:e1:b0:10:2c:df MLME: MLME-AUTHENTICATE.indication(00:e1:b0:10:2c:df, OPEN_SYSTEM) wlan0: STA 00:e1:b0:10:2c:df MLME: MLME-DELETEKEYS.request(00:e1:b0:10:2c:df) authentication reply: STA=00:e1:b0:10:2c:df auth_alg=0 auth_transaction=2 resp=0 (IE len=0) (dbg=handle-auth) nl80211: send_mlme - da=00:e1:b0:10:2c:df noack=0 freq=0 no_cck=0 offchanok=0 wait_time=0 no_encrypt=0 fc=0xb0 (WLAN_FC_STYPE_AUTH) nlmode=3 nl80211: send_mlme - Use bss->freq=2442 nl80211: send_mlme -> send_frame_cmd nl80211: CMD_FRAME freq=2442 wait=0 no_cck=0 no_ack=0 offchanok=0 CMD_FRAME - hexdump(len=30): b0 00 00 00 00 e1 b0 10 2c df 00 0c 43 26 60 00 00 0c 43 26 60 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 nl80211: Frame TX command accepted; cookie 0x91 nl80211: Drop oldest pending send frame cookie 0x0 nl80211: Event message available nl80211: Drv Event 60 (NL80211_CMD_FRAME_TX_STATUS) received for wlan0 nl80211: MLME event 60 (NL80211_CMD_FRAME_TX_STATUS) on wlan0(00:0c:43:26:60:00) A1=00:e1:b0:10:2c:df A2=00:0c:43:26:60:00 nl80211: MLME event frame - hexdump(len=30): b0 00 00 00 00 e1 b0 10 2c df 00 0c 43 26 60 00 00 0c 43 26 60 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 nl80211: Frame TX status event A1=00:e1:b0:10:2c:df stype=11 cookie=0x91 ack=0 wlan0: Event TX_STATUS (16) received mgmt::auth cb wlan0: STA 00:e1:b0:10:2c:df IEEE 802.11: did not acknowledge authentication response **wlan0 configuration** $ sudo cat /etc/systemd/network/30-wlan0.network [Match] Name=wlan0 [Network] #ConfigureWithoutCarrier=true BindCarrier=eth0 #static setup Address=192.168.0.1/24 Gateway=192.168.0.1 DNS=192.168.0.1 IPForward=yes #DHCPServer=yes DHCPServer=no