[Buildroot] Wireless config tool

[Buildroot] Wireless config tool

[Stephen Turner]

Firstly i would like to say thank you for the support on the Squashfs
questions, i was able to get the information i needed to resolve that issue.

My current question is if im using a mobile device that will be connecting
to various wifi hotspots i will need to be able to setup wifi connections
easily from a gui. currently with buildroot i only see the option to
manually edit configs to set up hotspots. Is there a tool im overlooking
currently in buildroot to help with this setup or will i need to manually
add one in? Im looking for something similiar to wicd or how a android
device would manage wifi connections.

Thank you for your support,

Stephen
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[Buildroot] Wireless config tool

[Jérôme Pouiller]

Hi Stephen

On Monday 04 February 2013 12:17:23 Stephen Turner wrote:
[...] 
> My current question is if im using a mobile device that will be connecting
> to various wifi hotspots i will need to be able to setup wifi connections
> easily from a gui. currently with buildroot i only see the option to
> manually edit configs to set up hotspots. Is there a tool im overlooking
> currently in buildroot to help with this setup or will i need to manually
> add one in? Im looking for something similiar to wicd or how a android
> device would manage wifi connections.
Have you thrown a look at network-manager? 
[...]


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[Buildroot] Wireless config tool

[Baruch Siach]

Hi Stephen,

On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 12:17:23PM -0500, Stephen Turner wrote:
> Firstly i would like to say thank you for the support on the Squashfs
> questions, i was able to get the information i needed to resolve that issue.
> 
> My current question is if im using a mobile device that will be connecting
> to various wifi hotspots i will need to be able to setup wifi connections
> easily from a gui. currently with buildroot i only see the option to
> manually edit configs to set up hotspots. Is there a tool im overlooking
> currently in buildroot to help with this setup or will i need to manually
> add one in? Im looking for something similiar to wicd or how a android
> device would manage wifi connections.

Seems you need connman (http://connman.net). Buildroot includes a fairly 
recent version of connman. I haven't tried it myself, though.

baruch

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[Buildroot] Wireless config tool

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 04/02/13 18:42, J?r?me Pouiller wrote:
> Hi Stephen
>
> On Monday 04 February 2013 12:17:23 Stephen Turner wrote:
> [...]
>> My current question is if im using a mobile device that will be connecting
>> to various wifi hotspots i will need to be able to setup wifi connections
>> easily from a gui. currently with buildroot i only see the option to
>> manually edit configs to set up hotspots. Is there a tool im overlooking
>> currently in buildroot to help with this setup or will i need to manually
>> add one in? Im looking for something similiar to wicd or how a android
>> device would manage wifi connections.
> Have you thrown a look at network-manager?

  Or connman.

  Or if you would like to contribute wicd, we will certainly consider the 
patch!

  Regards,
  Arnout


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[Buildroot] Wireless config tool

[Dimitrios Siganos]

On 04/02/13 18:17, Stephen Turner wrote:
> My current question is if im using a mobile device that will be 
> connecting to various wifi hotspots i will need to be able to setup 
> wifi connections easily from a gui. currently with buildroot i only 
> see the option to manually edit configs to set up hotspots. Is there a 
> tool im overlooking currently in buildroot to help with this setup or 
> will i need to manually add one in? Im looking for something similiar 
> to wicd or how a android device would manage wifi connections.

Hi Stephen,

I am not aware of a simple answer to your question. The major options are:

* network-manager
* wicd
* connman

Network manager is a gnome project and it does expect rather a lot of 
desktop support. It's possible but not simple.

Wicd I don't know much about but it sounds like you do and it won't do.

Connman is a new framework that is targeted to the embedded space so 
that is your best bet. I have never used it myself and don't know any 
details about it.

Other notes:
* openwrt have a web server driven configuration interface that you 
might want to look at
* Android do their own thing (don't have more details)

Questions:
What kind of graphical environemwnt do you have?
What kind of Wifi network do you want to connect to? (open, wpa 
personal, wpa enterprise)

Regards,
Dimitris