[maemo-users] Changing ESSID

[From: Wayne Fiori]

Maybe try maemo-dev list??
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On Jan 28, 2008 4:20 PM, Leandro Sales <leandroal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list.
>    How can I change the wireless access point via programming code in
> maemo platform? I have the following piece of code that works
> perfectly in my laptop, but when used in maemo, the wlan0 interface
> disconnect but not reconnect to the new ESSID.
>     Any suggestion? Thanks
>
> Leandro.
>
> int setEssid (char iface[6], char essid[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE]) {
>         int soc;
>         struct iwreq wrq;
>
>         cout << "Changing Access Points...";
>         strcpy(wrq.ifr_name, iface);
>         wrq.u.essid.pointer = (caddr_t)essid;
>         wrq.u.essid.length = strlen(essid)+1;
>         wrq.u.essid.flags = 1;
>
>         soc = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
>         if (ioctl(soc, SIOCSIWESSID, &wrq) < 0) {
>                 printf("Error setting ESSID on %s: %s\n", iface, strerror(errno));
>                 close(soc);
>                 exit(-1);
>         } else {
>                 cout << " done!\n";
>         }
>
>         return 1;
> }
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