Failing adding Access Point to RPiZero2W Bullseye following Ingo's guide

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A little more than a year ago, I followed @Ingo's guides [1] and [2] to switch my RPi Zero W Buster to systemd-networkd and then add an AP in the repeater mode (not bridge).

Now, I'm trying to do the same on a brand new RPi Zero 2W running on Bullseye (lite, 32-bit). 1st part to use systemd-networkd is ok and working fine. Following the 2nd guide (like I did months ago on Buster) creates no error but at the end:

the access point is there
client can connect to it
but the AP interface doesn't get an IPv4 address, doesn't serve DHCP to the clients and IPv6 is back

Starting point : working systemd-networkd on wlan0

File: /etc/wap_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf

country=fr
update_config=1
ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GRUOP=netdev
p2p_disabled=1
network={
  scan_ssid=1
  ssid="MYWLANSSID"
  psk="MYWLANPASSWORD"
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

File: /etc/systemd/network/08-wifi.network

[Match]
Name=wl*
[Network]
LLMNR=no
LinkLocalAddressing=no
MulticastDNS=no
DNS=1.1.1.1 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220
Option: using DHCP
DHCP=ipv4
Option: using static address
#Address=192.168.168.240/24
#Gateway=192.168.168.254
[DHCP]
UseDNS=no

Result for: ip addr

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether e4:5f:01:76:65:e9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.168.240/24 brd 192.168.168.255 scope global dynamic wlan0
       valid_lft 42979sec preferred_lft 42979sec

I also added the DNSSEC=no line to /etc/systemd/resolved.conf to workaround the "DNSSEC verification failed" problem that I encountered last year with my PiZero/Buster.

At this stage, everything works fine. IP addresses are only V4 as expected due to LinkLocalAddressing=no

2nd step, adding hostapd, accesspoint@.service as per guide [2]

File: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf

driver=nl80211
ssid=MYAPSSID
country_code=FR
hw_mode=g
channel=1
auth_algs=1
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=MYAPPASSWORD
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0

File: accesspoint@.service: exactly as per the guide

Override on wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service: exactly as per the guide

File: /etc/systemd/network/12-ap.network

[Match]
Name=ap@*
[Network]
LLMNR=no
MulticastDNS=yes
LinkLocalAddressing=no
IPMasquerade=yes
Address=192.168.107.1/24
DHCPServer=yes
[DHCPServer]
DNS=192.168.107.1

After reboot

Result from ip addr

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether e4:5f:01:76:65:e9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 2a01:e0a:27e:6f60:e65f:1ff:fe76:65e9/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr
       valid_lft 86362sec preferred_lft 86362sec
    inet6 fe80::e65f:1ff:fe76:65e9/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: ap@wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether e4:5f:01:76:65:e9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::e65f:1ff:fe76:65e9/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Wifi client interface wlan0 has lost IPv4 and get 2 IPv6 address.
AP interface ap@wlan0 doesn't get its static IPv4 address and get an IPv6 instead
AP is present and device can connect but doesn't get a DHCP IPv4 address

systemctl status accesspoint@wlan0.service (result cut on the right due to serial terminal)

● accesspoint@wlan0.service - accesspoint with hostapd (interface-specific version)
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/accesspoint@.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2022-02-13 17:48:30 CET; 4min 55s ago
    Process: 319 ExecStartPre=/sbin/iw dev wlan0 interface add ap@wlan0 type __ap (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 357 (hostapd)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 523)
        CPU: 144ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/system-accesspoint.slice/accesspoint@wlan0.service
             └─357 /usr/sbin/hostapd -i ap@wlan0 /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Feb 13 17:48:29 piz2 systemd[1]: Starting accesspoint with hostapd (interface-specific version)...
Feb 13 17:48:30 piz2 systemd[1]: Started accesspoint with hostapd (interface-specific version).
Feb 13 17:48:30 piz2 hostapd[357]: Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Feb 13 17:48:30 piz2 hostapd[357]: ap@wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Feb 13 17:48:30 piz2 hostapd[357]: Using interface ap@wlan0 with hwaddr e4:5f:01:76:65:e9 and ssid "MYAPSSID"
Feb 13 17:48:30 piz2 hostapd[357]: ap@wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ENABLED
Feb 13 17:48:30 piz2 hostapd[357]: ap@wlan0: AP-ENABLED

systemctl status wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service

● wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service - WPA supplicant daemon (interface-specific version)
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant@.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service.d
             └─override.conf
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2022-02-13 17:48:30 CET; 8min ago
   Main PID: 359 (wpa_supplicant)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 523)
        CPU: 157ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/system-wpa_supplicant.slice/wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service
             └─359 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wlan0.conf -Dnl80211,wext -iwlan0
Feb 13 17:48:30 piz2 systemd[1]: Started WPA supplicant daemon (interface-specific version).
Feb 13 17:48:30 piz2 wpa_supplicant[359]: Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Feb 13 17:48:30 piz2 wpa_supplicant[359]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=USER type=COUNTRY alpha2=FR
Feb 13 17:48:31 piz2 wpa_supplicant[359]: wlan0: Trying to associate with SSID 'MYWLANSSID'
Feb 13 17:48:32 piz2 wpa_supplicant[359]: wlan0: Associated with 88:c3:97:f2:25:ec
Feb 13 17:48:32 piz2 wpa_supplicant[359]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
Feb 13 17:48:32 piz2 wpa_supplicant[359]: wlan0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 88:c3:97:f2:25:ec [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
Feb 13 17:48:32 piz2 wpa_supplicant[359]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 88:c3:97:f2:25:ec completed [id=0 id_str=]
Feb 13 17:48:32 piz2 wpa_supplicant[359]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=CN

systemctl status hostapd.service

● hostapd.service
     Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit hostapd.service is masked.)
     Active: inactive (dead)

As of now, my conclusion is that systemd-networkd doesn't seem to read correctly the 08-wifi.networkand 12-ap.network files But I have no idea why. The same is running find on a RPiZeroW with Buster

TIA for your advices and suggestions

[1] Use systemd-networkd for general networking

[2] Access point as WiFi router/repeater, optional with bridge

Failing adding Access Point to RPiZero2W Bullseye following Ingo's guide

Starting point : working systemd-networkd on wlan0

Option: using DHCP

Option: using static address

2nd step, adding hostapd, accesspoint@.service as per guide [2]

After reboot

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