#JUST AFTER STARTING MACHINE AND PLUGGING IN ADAPTER

[email protected]:~# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.0.2.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.2.255
inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe59:1b51 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 08:00:27:59:1b:51 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 9 bytes 1920 (1.8 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 37 bytes 3138 (3.0 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 28 bytes 1428 (1.3 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 28 bytes 1428 (1.3 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

[email protected]:~# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off

# I used following conf file n my recent try which was 24 hours ago:
#dnsmasq.conf
interface=wlan0
dhcp-range=192.168.1.2,192.168.1.100,8h
dhcp-option=3,192.168.1.1
dhcp-option=6,192.168.1.1
address=/#/192.168.1.1

#hostapd.conf
interface=wlan0
ssid=Stark Industry
channel=5
driver=nl80211