@rauger in addition tried the wifi ap commands shown below - although FYI when i set up an AP i usually use the web application. This involves starting the wifiWebAp legato application and then I use a web browser with the url 192.168.2.2:8080.
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# wifi ap setssid "RAUGER1"
SSID set successfully.
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# wifi ap start
starting…
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# wifi ap setssid "RAUGER1"
SSID set successfully.
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# wifi ap setchannel 1
Channel set to 1.
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# wifi ap setsecurityproto 1
Security protocol set to 1.
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# wifi ap setpassphrase "SIERRA_WIFI"
Passphrase set.
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# wifi ap setdiscoverable 1
Discoverable set to 1.
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# wifi ap setmaxclients 5
Max number of clients set to 5.
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# wifi ap start
starting…
root@swi-mdm9x15:~# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:30:DC:05:4A:10
inet6 addr: fe80::8230:dcff:fe05:4a10/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:792 (792.0 B)