Unable to configure a static wifi adapter without access point

[KGCybeX]

Reviewing examples configurations described here [https://netplan.io/examples], I noticed that one is unable to configure a Wireless interface without an access point.

This is a severe limitation, in the case of sharing ethernet over wifi or extending , one is unable to configure a static IP address for the WiFi adapter.

(One can configure a network bridge as this is an option, however this does not work in many cases)

With the current configuration limitations of netplan, I am only able to share Wifi to ethernet and not wifi to wifi. A sample configuration of what I would like to achieve (emulating wifi shared to WiFi and Ethernet).

// Network adapter facing internet
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  wifis:
    wlp2s0b1:
      addresses: [192.168.8.254/24] // address of internet facing adapter
      gateway4: 192.168.0.1 // gateway of network
      nameservers:
        addresses: [127.0.0.1] // using local DNS
      access-points:
        "network_ssid_name":
          password: "**********"

// Network adapter acting as AP
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  wifis:
    wlp2s0b2:
      addresses: [192.168.1.1/24] // address of interface with 192.168.0.1/24 subnet
      gateway4: 192.168.8.254 // internet facing wifi adapter as gateway
      nameservers:
        addresses: [127.0.0.1] // locally running DNS service

// Ethernet Network adapter
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    enp3s0:
      addresses:
        - 192.168.0.1/24 // address of interface with 192.168.0.1/24
      gateway4: 192.168.8.254 // internet facing wifi adapter as gateway
      nameservers:
          addresses: [127.0.0.1] // locally running DNS service

[Tolya Borisenkov (hbars-2)]

I have so far solved this problem only through ifupdown.