Scanning for networks fails when in AP mode

[printgeek]

I have 6.3.0 installed and am using a Panda usb RALINK RT5372 wireless adapter on a raspberry pi zero (original, obviously). It works great out of the box and was using AP mode right away, however I have tried several times to SCAN for wireless networks while in AP mode and it always returns that there aren't any available. So I attempted from the terminal and found that I had to do an iw scan with -ap-force argument to get it to display available SSID's in the terminal.

Is there a fix for this so it will work in the moode interface?

[Tim Curtis]

AP mode scans work fine with the integrated Pi wifi adapters so if its failing it must be something with this particular adapter or family of adapters.

I wouldn't call this a fix per se but I can add to the TODO list as an enhancement. Currently I'm using "iwlist wlan0 scan ..." and would have to convert to and test "iw wlan0 scan ...". A quick test with the -ap-force param when not in AP mode produces a blank list. This means that some additional logic would be needed to determine whether to add the param.

[printgeek]

A quick test with the -ap-force param when not in AP mode produces a blank list.

Yeah, that complicates things a bit. I have another Moode player on a rPi 3b and I thought it worked fine scanning in AP mode, so i think you're right that this is particular to this adapter. Certainly not a high priority TODO item, but i thought I'd put it out there in case any one else runs into the issue.

Thanks for your prompt response.