[maemo-developers] Wirelesstools - how to write shell script like "Select connection" from maemo ?

[From: Darius Jack]

--- On Thu, 21/8/08, Florian Boor <florian.boor at kernelconcepts.de> wrote:

> From: Florian Boor <florian.boor at kernelconcepts.de>
> Subject: Re: Wirelesstools - how to write shell script like "Select connection" from maemo ?
> To: "Darius Jack" <dariusjack2006 at yahoo.ie>
> Cc: maemo-developers at maemo.org
> Date: Thursday, 21 August, 2008, 3:12 PM
> Hi,
> 
> Darius Jack schrieb:
> > could you tell me how to write shell script to emulate
> "Select connection" from maemo.
> > Wirelesstools work in network connect state.
> > What I need is open scanning for wifi networks, APs in
> not-connected state,
> > scanning for essid, signal level and the like.
> > 
> > Any way to set wirelesstools to work in not-connected
> state like "Select connection" from maemo ?
> 
> I would not use wirelesstools for this in a Maemo
> environment. Take a look at
> the connectivity API:
> http://maemo.org/api_refs/4.1/libconic-0.16/
> 
> With libconic you should have a pretty good control about
> network connectivity
> and you stay compatible with the rest of the system.
> 
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Florian
> 
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Thanks Florian for your kind advice.
I am afraid I need very basic wifi scanning tools to be run in shell script from time to time.
Already contacted Collin R. Mulliner, asking for such feature.

What I have got from the net
"
#!/bin/sh
#start network automagically

case "$1" in
     start )
          /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up
          /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
          /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 mode managed essid MY_SSID key My_KEY
          # No Default Route
          ;;
     stop )
          : Do Nothing
          ;;
     * )
          echo "Unsupported Argument '$1'"
          ;;
esac
exit 0
"

looks promissing if preceded by with wifi networks scanning code, I am just looking for.

Darius

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