diff --git a/roles/network/templates/hostapd/50-hostapd b/roles/network/templates/hostapd/50-hostapd
index 603f570a8..cf37bb8f9 100644
--- a/roles/network/templates/hostapd/50-hostapd
+++ b/roles/network/templates/hostapd/50-hostapd
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ if [ "$interface" = "wlan0" ]; then
             echo "frequency is $result for carrier"
             if [ $result -lt 13 ]; then
                 FREQ2=$result
+            else
+                syslog info "50-iiab channel $FREQ2 is 5Ghz NOT CHANGING HOSTAPD"
             fi
         done
         echo "Using $FREQ2 for carrier"
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ if [ "$interface" = "wlan0" ]; then
             echo "Editing Hostapd for channel $FREQ2"
             cp /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf.iiab /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
             sed -i -e "s/^channel.*/channel=$FREQ /" /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
+            echo "THIS MACHINE SHOULD BE REBOOTED"
+            syslog info "THIS MACHINE SHOULD BE REBOOTED"
 #            systemctl restart hostapd
         fi
     fi
diff --git a/roles/network/templates/hostapd/test-wifi b/roles/network/templates/hostapd/test-wifi
index 32ff15601..b2ed7c971 100755
--- a/roles/network/templates/hostapd/test-wifi
+++ b/roles/network/templates/hostapd/test-wifi
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ for result in $FREQ; do
     if [ $result -lt 2485 ] && [ $result -gt 2407 ]; then
         FREQ2=$result
         break
+    else
+        echo "channel $result is 5Ghz - ignoring"
     fi
 done
 echo "Using $FREQ2 for $SSID"