setHostname not working with beginAP

[Sitebulb]

setHostname works fine when connecting to an existing access point, but it's not working when creating one.

Working

WiFi.setHostname(hostname);
...
while (status != WL_CONNECTED) {
        status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
        delay(10000);
}

Not working

WiFi.setHostname(hostname);
WiFi.config(APIP, APIP, APIP, IPAddress(255, 255, 255, 0));
status = WiFi.beginAP(ssid, pass, apChannel);`

Is this by design, or not possible?

[JAndrassy]

where do you expect to see/use the hostname?

[garethbrown]

@JAndrassy want my nano rp2040 connect to be the access point and view a HTML page via the hostname, with having to know the IP address. The device is going to be used in an environment where there is no Wifi router.

[JAndrassy]

so I am not an expert on this, but in my understanding, hostname is sent with the DHCP request and then may be used by the router/AP with mDNS.
if you want hostname resolution on SoftAP of the MKR, you will have to start a DNS or mDNS server. I don't know if there is a library for mDNS or DNS on top of an Arduino WiFi library.