maemo.org - Talk - Script to connect/disconnect from wifi

Apologies if this isn't the place to put it, but I know I'd looked for this elsewhere, and hadn't found a command to do this. It'll allow you to manage connections from scripts. Only three parameters; -c iapname to connect and -d to disconnect, whereas -i iapname simply returns the id. Any network names containing spaces should be enclosed by quotes. Also, if the tablet is already connected, you need to disconnect first. On my my tablet, I've placed it at /usr/bin/wifitool.

Code:

#!/bin/sh



# shell script to connect/disconnect from APs by name



iapidbyname() {

   gconftool-2 --all-dirs /system/osso/connectivity/IAP | while read LINE

   do

      if [ $1 == "`gconftool-2 -g $LINE/name 2>/dev/null`" ]; then

         echo $LINE | sed 's|/system/osso/connectivity/IAP/\([0-9abcdef-]*\)|\1|'

         break

      fi

   done

}



# connect by name

if [ "$1" == "-c" ] || [ "$1" == "--connect" ]; then

   IAP=`iapidbyname $2`

   if [ $IAP ]; then

      dbus-send --type=method_call --system --dest=com.nokia.icd /com/nokia/icd com.nokia.icd.connect string:${IAP} uint32:0

      exit 0

   else

      echo "Network name not found"

      exit 1

   fi

fi



# disconnect

if [ "$1" == "-d" ] || [ "$1" == "--disconnect"  ]; then

   dbus-send --system --dest=com.nokia.icd /com/nokia/icd_ui com.nokia.icd_ui.disconnect boolean:true

   exit 0

fi



# return id for name

if [ "$1" == "-i" ] || [ "$1" == "--id" ]; then

   IAP=`iapidbyname $2`

   if [ $IAP ]; then

      echo $IAP

      exit 0

   else

      echo "Network name not found"

      exit 1

   fi

fi



# Output Help

echo "Usage: $0 option [IAP]"

echo "Option    GNU long option  Meaning"

echo " -h, -?   --help           Show this message"

echo " -c <IAP> --connect <IAP>  Connect to Internet Access Point"

echo " -d       --disconnect     Disconnect current connection"

echo " -i <IAP> --id <IAP>       Show osso id for named IAP"



exit 1

Updated in response to comments. Thanks!