@avni To test this potential fix pull this PR into your install that found this issue, run sudo iiab-network then sudo iiab-hotspot-on to check the message displayed.

@holta The order of if statements in hotspot-on|off is important the first match wins. During testing I added the network_installed clause first to ensure that worked(working in a VM). Given iiab_wireless_lan_iface detection does not rely upon iw and is generated from scraping /sys/class/net the question would become what should be the preference displayed in hotspot-on network_installed or iiab_wireless_lan_iface? I'm leaning towards having the detection displayed first.

what should be the preference displayed in hotspot-on network_installed or iiab_wireless_lan_iface ? I'm leaning towards having the detection displayed first.

Sounds very reasonable.

(We can always change, if absolutely necessary — e.g. if a different UI/UX proves better at some later date, for whatever reason...)

Nightly Trixie on pi500
Network install disabled
https://paste.centos.org/view/9d39745f

sudo iiab-hotspot-on
IIAB networking is not installed:

If you want to install it, check network_install and network_enabled in /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml and then run: sudo iiab-network

For details, see: #3302

Networking disabled
https://paste.centos.org/view/38593d76

sudo iiab-hotspot-on
IIAB networking is disabled:

If you want to enable it, check network_enabled in /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml and then run: sudo iiab-network

For details, see: #3302

Networking fully enabled wifi only
https://paste.centos.org/view/3afa8da0

@jvonau is it reasonable to go ahead with this PR now?

(Any final tests you recommend if so?)

It give more accurate feedback from the command line. Stepping trough network_installed, network_enabled should give the different feedback and in a VM for no wifi hardware

@muthuri-dev please test this PR #4067 too if you can please! (After you're done testing...)

• PR Use systemd-resolve with NetworkManager, use netplan for bridging, Fix DEPRECATION WARNINGs #4093

CLARIF: Read about the iiab-hotspot-on and iiab-hotspot-off commands here (and ask us any questions if anything's unclear, Thanks!)

• https://FAQ.IIAB.IO
• https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Networking

FINALLY, after the above 2, please also review (test!) this 3rd PR:

• PR use br1 for bluetooth #4129

I did the test on the hotspot-on|off using/on Raspberry pi 5
After installing the iiab and running : iiab-hotspot-on , iiab-hotspot-off and iiab-network as root user everything works fine
on iiab-hotspot-off the wifi/hotspot is not detected on the other devices

and after running iiab-hotspot-on wifi is again visible to other devices

after running the command iiab-hotspot-on as root you need to restart raspberry pi

iiab-hotspot-on
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/iiab-clone-wifi.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/iiab-clone-wifi.service'.
Synchronizing state of hostapd.service with SysV service script with /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable hostapd
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/hostapd.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/hostapd.service'.
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/iiab-wifi-test.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/iiab-wifi-test.service'.

Please reboot to activate IIAB hotspot (Wi-Fi access point) via hostapd.

and the command iiab-network runs ansible and then gives this results

for iiab-diagnostics : https://paste.centos.org/view/3deceeb1

@jvonau and @deldesir is it Okay if I merge this now?

(Yes the file diff would be easier to read if this PR was rebased 2 months later; but don't worry about that!)

Given I tested the less frequent options for the revised feedback months ago, let it rip.

@deldesir can you please review this after it is merged?

(Thank you & we can add any revisions/suggestions of yours!)