From cb333a5a385b459f3b787378b627b137e32542dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason2866 <24528715+Jason2866@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:42:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] wifi begin is needed to get MAC address (#23011)

---
 tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_57_9_tasmesh.ino | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_57_9_tasmesh.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_57_9_tasmesh.ino
index e3b111229..c7c230a48 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_57_9_tasmesh.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_57_9_tasmesh.ino
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ void MESHstartNode(int32_t _channel, uint8_t _role){ //we need a running broker
 void MESHstartBroker(void) {       // Must be called after WiFi is initialized!! Rule - on system#boot do meshbroker endon
 #ifdef ESP32
   WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP_STA);
+  WiFi.AP.begin();
   AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, PSTR("MSH: Broker MAC %s"), WiFi.softAPmacAddress().c_str());
   WiFi.softAPmacAddress(MESH.broker); //set MESH.broker to the needed MAC
   uint32_t _channel = WiFi.channel();