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[stemsee]

I have refined the autocon function which adds a system startup AP connection in /etc/xdg/Startup. This can be removed in two ways
1) Select an AP from menu, then when input gui opens type 'removedef' in id field and click ok (be sure password field is empty). The other way is to leave gui fields empty and click ok then again select Make Startup Ap in menu, this removes autocon from ~/Startup or /etc/xdg/Startup and default profile from /root/.wifi-connect/profiles.

There is also AutoStart on/off (toggle) in extrasmenu for starting TrayNet when X starts. It will be in /etc/xdg/Startup.

[stemsee]

zagreb999

I missed your post for some reason! I will test it on debiandog, but for full functionality you will need to install;

dhcpcd
dnsmasq
hostapd
wireless-tools
wpasupplicant
yad
inotifywait
ifconfig

Probably your install is missing inotifywait!

[stemsee]

I have added a dependency checker.

Also for some distros, yad --notification needs to take place befre first scan. So changed the order.

I have also included 'ipheth' for iphone tethering along with rules. I don't have an iphone so not tested by me.

will post later.

stemsee

EDIT: Just configurng a new kernel and found iPhone usb tether support!

[stemsee]

Adding openvpn might be useful.

[stemsee]

Added routine that connects to first AP that has a saved profile, after scan. This is not ideal, but suffices for now. What should happen is that after a scan, all AP ssids are compared against saved profiles and those found would then be prioritised according to either signal strengh or user preference, then connection attempts be made for each AP until successful.

[stemsee]

Two new routines have been added/refined ...

On scanning and finding APs with saved profiles, each one is used to create a connection, in sequence, after connecting to an AP, an info box opens askng the user if they wish to accept/use that connection, if ok then that connection persists, if cancel then the next found AP profile is connected. This happens until all found AP profiles have been used, and the last one stays connected.

A manual connection can be made anytime during that process.

Another routine is available in the menu Scan'n'Join OpenAPs. This extracts from the scan results all open/unencryted APs found and attempts to connect each one in sequence. After connecting an info box opens providing the user the option to keep that connection or to continue to the next in the list (/tmp/XTOFF).

A manual connection can be made anytime during that process.

Both are working well, according to my tests.

I had too many yad info boxes opening up and forming an annoying distraction, this was because test connection function was included in the animated icon function, which is called for nearly every operation. Now removed and much improved for it.

To Do: I want to use svg icons with text to add more info (channel, encryption type, data width, manufacturer).

[josejp2424]

Wifi-TrayNet doesn't start with the system to me

[stemsee]

Make sure you are using the latest version from the start of this post .. v1.3

Does your system have /etc/xdg/Startup?

This is the autostart function,

[stemsee]

Make sure you use this the following version

[stemsee]

I found two big errors (systemic).
I was not using the necessary dhcpcd switch '-c' this is needed to force use of the hook scripts in /lib64/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks

Seems to be working more reliably now.

[stemsee]

Including geometry recorder = position and resize each window, leave open until geometry recorder, times-out, that's when it grabs window geometry. After all windows have been set, go to extra menu and switch off Geometry.

[stemsee]

Today I was trying Wifi-TrayNet on a different OS which didn't have inotifywait installed, made me realise probably most distros don't ship with inotify, so I recoded that part of the script which relied on inotifywait, so it is no longer a dependency.

The functionality is much the same.

see first post for download

[stemsee]

Here is a much improved release of Wifi-TrayNet and Wifi-Scanner, featuring geometry recording.

[stemsee]

Different distros have different compilation parameters for similar or same named apps.

On BionicDog the code I used in Wifi-traynet to get the ip does not work, and the script's functionality and flow depends heavily on such tests.

So I re-worked it with tests that seem to work across systems (for the moment)!

Not only that I removed some code, in order to rely wholly on hook scripts!

Not only that, but I added some nifty code for changing interace to scan on on the fly, so to speak, using 'yad --select-action'.

Not only that but Wifi-Scanner now continues in the case where system has only one wifi interface, which is used to connect, in which case the gui would not reopen ... that was when the unctions tab had not been fully implemented ... so that had to be changed and now works great.

Ahi esta! Wifi-TrayNet-2.4

[stemsee]

v2.6