Running hostapd and wpa_supplicant on the same interface

[night decoder]

Janusz solution by adding second interface works for me, tested on a ath9k card.

iw wlan0 interface add wlan0_1 type managed
ifconfig wlan0_1 hw ether <new_mac>

Running hostapd on wlan0 and wpa_supplicant on wlan_1.
I was able to scan (wpa_cli scan) without "ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Operation not supported
Failed to initiate AP scan." error while hostapd is running.

Is this configuration also available in Realtek RTL8188EU card?

http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/R8188EU.html

It is a USB wireless card, I'm trying to configure it on kernel 2.6.32.27 (ARM926EJ-S) with BusyBox's iw and ip.

night

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Subject: Re: Running hostapd and wpa_supplicant on the same interface
To: ilan.peer at intel.com; nightdecoder at live.com; hostap at lists.infradead.org
From: a at unstable.cc
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:16:03 +0800




On 21/01/16 22:12, Peer, Ilan wrote:
> 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,

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Antonio Quartulli