if [ "$interface" = "br0" ] && [ $if_up = "true" ]; then
    WPA=$(grep country /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf | awk -F = '{print $2}')
    AP=$(grep country_code /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf | awk -F = '{print $2}')
    if ! [ "$WPA" = "$AP" ]; then
        sed -i -e "s/^country_code.*/country_code=$WPA /" /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
        echo "50-iiab set country_code $WPA"
        syslog info "50-iiab set country_code $WPA"
        echo "THIS MACHINE SHOULD BE REBOOTED"
        syslog info "THIS MACHINE SHOULD BE REBOOTED 50-iiab country_code"
#        systemctl restart hostapd
    fi
    syslog info "50-iiab IF_UP br0 restarting dnsmasq - kicking ap0"
    ip link set ap0 up
    systemctl --no-block restart dnsmasq
fi

if [ "$interface" = "wlan0" ]; then
    REASON="$reason"
    if [ "$reason" = "CARRIER" ]; then
        syslog info "50-iiab CARRIER change wlan0"
        # wpa_supplicant wants MHz for frequency= while hostapd wants channel..... whatever
        # FREQ=`iw wlan0 info|grep channel|cut -d' ' -f9`
        FREQ=$(iw wlan0 info|grep channel|cut -d' ' -f2)
        FREQ2=""

        for result in $FREQ; do
            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"
        syslog info "50-iiab set channel $FREQ2"
        HOSTAPD=$(grep channel /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf | awk -F = '{print $2}')
        echo "Hostapd set for $HOSTAPD"
        if [ $FREQ2 -ne $HOSTAPD ] && [ ! -z $FREQ2 ]; 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 50-iiab channel"
#            systemctl restart hostapd
        fi
    fi
    # spams the logging
    #syslog info "50-iiab set ap0 spam $REASON"
    if [ -e /sys/class/net/ap0 ] && ([ "$reason" = "CARRIER" ] || [ "$reason" = "NOCARRIER" ] || [ "$reason" = "BOUND" ]); then
        syslog info "50-iiab set ap0 up $REASON"
        # keeps ap0 up so hostapd works
        ip link set ap0 up
    fi
fi