[Feature Request] Scan networks while in AP mode
Some WiFi chips supports scanning even when an AP is currently enabled.
But NetworkManager deny attemps to force scan like this :
$ nmcli dev wifi rescan
Error: Scanning not allowed at this time.
Or only return current AP which isn't the result expected:
➜ ~ nmcli dev wifi list
IN-USE SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
* Hotspot-HOSTANME Infra 1 0 Mbit/s 0 ____ WPA2
iw
allow to circumvent this limitation by using:
iw dev wlan0 scan ap-force
This imply to have a specific parsing of iw
when the system is in AP mode and relying on another dependency. Relying only on NetworkManager to do networks scan would be much easier to integrate and more sensible.