Re: how to disable WiFi / wpa-supplicant so hostapd can be used ?

[Jason Vas Dias <jason vas dias gmail com>]

If I do :
  # nmcli radio wifi off
, it disassociates the PHY for the device and I have to
  'rfkill $id unblock' .
  If I reenable wireless, and  do
  # systemctl stop wpa_supplicant
  # mv /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant.bin
 after starting NM, then I can run hostapd .
I have to remember to move wpa_supplicant back after I stop
using hostapd .
Please add support for enabling either hostapd or wpa_supplicant,
not both, to NM = or is there some way of disabling running the
wpa_supplicant service only, without rfkill ?


On 20/07/2021, Jason Vas Dias <jason vas dias gmail com> wrote:
> Good day -
>
>  Whenever I try to run hostapd, NM still runs wpa-supplicant,
>  which periodically tries to put the WiFi interface into scanning
>  mode, which messes up the hostapd session .
>
>  Please is there a config file setting or applet interaction
>  to disable wpa-supplicant (and maybe configure & run hostapd) ?
>
>  I'd like NM to start dhclient on my Wired interface, and
>  be able to bring up my L2TP VPN, but leave the Wireless
>  interface entirely alone.
>
>  Any way to do this in NetworkManager.conf or GUI ?
>
> Thanks in advance for any replies,
> Best Regards,
> Jason