How can I bring up a softAP on the IG60/SOM60 automatically while simultaneously being connected as a station to a router?
It is possible to bring up an AP on the IG60/SOM60 with network manager. If the connection is marked as "autoconnect" it will come up even after reboot. Property: connection.autoconnect: yes
However in so called APSTA mode (simultaneous station / AP operation) each connection (station and AP) need to have their own interface.
The standard interface is wlan0. For the AP it is necessary to define a secon interface, for example ap0:
iw phy0 interface add ap0 type __ap
This setting however is not persistent, hence it needs to be definded upon every reboot of the IG60/SOM60.
This could be achieved by adding above line to a script in /etc/profile.d. For example:
cat /etc/profile.d/add_ap0.sh
iw phy0 interface add ap0 type __ap
With this script being present the interface ap0 will be avaiable after each reboot.