On 21/01/16 22:12, Peer, Ilan wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hostap [mailto:hostap-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of >> Antonio Quartulli >> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 15:54 >> To: night decoder; hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: Running hostapd and wpa_supplicant on the same interface >> >> >> >> On 21/01/16 21:14, night decoder wrote: >>> Hi List, >>> >>> Is that possible to run wpa_supplicant while hostapd is running on the same >> interface? >>> >>> My device will need too act as AP firstly, then after being configured by a >> client which connected to it's AP it could connect to another AP which it was >> supplied. Problem is when in AP mode, can I scan the SSID with >> wap_supplicant without leaving hostapd first? Can i do it seamlessly? >> >> In order to scan you can also use iw or nl80211 to perform a scan by using the >> AP interface. There is no need to kill hostapd and use wpa_supplicant in this >> case. > > This is not always possible when the AP interface is already beaconing. For this to work the driver needs to report NL80211_FEATURE_AP_SCAN, and you need to specify 'ap-force' in the iw scan command. > right, thanks for clarifying! Which basically means "every device not supporting HW scan". ok, I am digressing :) Cheers, -- Antonio Quartulli
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