Running hostapd and wpa_supplicant on the same interface

[Antonio Quartulli]

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.

-- 
Antonio Quartulli

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