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+start up order
+# network-pre bridge is created
+clone-wifi
+wpa_supplicant #--dbus version does not start the interface directly
+test-wifi  # uses dbus to scan the network grabbing the channel alters hostapd.conf if needed
+hostapd
+
+# network
+wpa_supplicant started by dhcpcd, wpa_supplicant@$IFACE  netplan-wpa-$IFACE, or NetworkManager 
+