Group, I am not sure if this is the right terminology but this is what I am trying to do: Power up a headless device. If it does not get an ethernet or wifi connection, it launches AP mode of some sort and allows a device to connect then configure the wifi connection by selecting an AP and typing in a password. This works with hostapd/dsnmasq, currently. I want to switch over to connman and/or iwd to do this, but have not been successful in doing this.

If I set up connman by: "# connmanctl tether wifi on SSID password" I can connect and 'see' my new SSID, but I cannot scan for any APs to set up. I do not know how to set the SSID IP address, if this has been enabled in connman.

I have tried with iwctl as well: set up /etc/iwd/main.conf [General] EnableNetworkConfiguration=true APRanges=192.168.1.0/24 # iwctl device wlan0 set-property Mode ap # iwctl ap wlan0 start SSID password With this I can connect, but once again, I cannot scan for any available SSIDs to connect to. It is not important that I be able to connect, but I do need to see the SSIDs so the user can set it up then reboot (or restart connman/iwd) to connect to the new 'known' SSID.

-----Original Message----- From: KeithG <ys3al35l(a)gmail.com&gt; Sent: 20 May 2021 00:41 To: Denis Kenzior <denkenz(a)gmail.com&gt; Cc: connman(a)lists.01.org; iwd(a)lists.01.org Subject: Re: How to configure an IoT wifi setup On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 4:20 PM Denis Kenzior <denkenz(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: <snip> > So do you know how this works, exactly? > I think so. > > > > I have tried with iwctl as well: > > set up /etc/iwd/main.conf > > [General] > > EnableNetworkConfiguration=true > > APRanges=192.168.1.0/24 > > > > # iwctl device wlan0 set-property Mode ap > > # iwctl ap wlan0 start SSID password > > > > With this I can connect, but once again, I cannot scan for any > > available SSIDs to connect to. It is not important that I be able to > > connect, but I do need to see the SSIDs so the user can set it up then > > reboot (or restart connman/iwd) to connect to the new 'known' SSID. > > So I think there are two ways of doing this: > > 1. Being able to scan while in AP mode. This is something that has been brought > up before as desirable, etc. But no one has made any contributions just yet. > All this does is lets you see the surrounding SSIDs... > > 2. Use multiple interfaces if your hw supports them. So 1 interface in AP mode, > the other in station mode. Then you could connect to the headless device on the > ap interface and run iwd on the station interface as usual to set up the network. > > In theory 2 can be done today, either by iwd or combo iwd/hostapd with some > manual magic.

> > Regards, > -Denis another way today is to: 3) start in station mode, scan and save the stations then switch to AP mode allow a connection then allow the user to set up the SSID. I have done this, but was hoping iwd could do both simultaneously. I believe hostapd does this with modern wifi adapters. It does seem to work with the Broadcom fmac cards onboard the newer RPIs.I can be connected in AP mode with hostapd and also scan via 'connman scan wifi' or 'iwctl station wlan0 scan' then 'iwctl station wlan0 get-networks' and get a list of the available networks. This allows me to get a 'current' list. Keith _______________________________________________ iwd mailing list -- iwd(a)lists.01.org To unsubscribe send an email to iwd-leave(a)lists.01.org