Enable access-point feature

Enable access-point feature

[clement.legoffic]

Hello,

I develop a simple software to discuss with iwd using DBus to do simple task such as Connect/Disconnect/Scan/Enable AP
The fact is that, the iwd version brings by package manager is 1.26 and I cannot get the Access Point API.
So I have tried to compile a more recent version of IWD (the one tagged 2.4)  and the access point API doesn't appear too.
I didn't find any information if it is a feature only available using --enable-FEATURE
In the documentation it is said that it is an experimental feature, but I don't know how to activate it.

So how to get this API available ?

Thanks,

Clément



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Re: Enable access-point feature

[James Prestwood]

On 5/24/23 12:14 AM, clement.legoffic@kelio.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I develop a simple software to discuss with iwd using DBus to do simple task such as Connect/Disconnect/Scan/Enable AP
> The fact is that, the iwd version brings by package manager is 1.26 and I cannot get the Access Point API.
> So I have tried to compile a more recent version of IWD (the one tagged 2.4)  and the access point API doesn't appear too.
> I didn't find any information if it is a feature only available using --enable-FEATURE
> In the documentation it is said that it is an experimental feature, but I don't know how to activate it.

AP mode has been around since 2017, I think even within the first public 
release (0.1).

> 
> So how to get this API available ?

Starting an AP requires you set the adapter mode to AP which is done 
using the "Mode" property on the Device interface. After that an 
AccessPoint DBus interface should appear. Doing it with iwctl:

$ iwctl device <wlan> set-property Mode ap
$ iwctl ap <wlan> start MySSID secret123

Thanks,
James

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Clément
> 
> 
> 
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