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USB wifi stick as AP - however, hotplug busts WPA security

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Greetings!

I have set up an USB wifi stick so that it acts as an access point with WPA enabled (WEP's just too insecure).
Now, when I remove and then replug the stick (or plug it some time after system boot) the WPA security is lost, and I have to restart hostapd manuallyto regain it.

Is there a way to automatically kill hostapd when the stick is unplugged and relaunch it after the device has come up again? FYI: I'm using the traditional scheme using ifup/ifdown...

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