Hotspot.

[niksingh710]

Hotspot get's listed in saved connections when created by
nmcli dev wifi hotspot ifname wlp4s0 ssid test password "test1234"

Disconnecting from this is not one way have to disable wifi and enable it.

and a show qr option will be great no matter which wifi conn we are connected. nmcli dev wifi show-password

better to give user a possibility to add entries manually to perform some action?

[firecat53]

I want to make sure I understand your requests:

1. Add hotspot connections to the menu so they can be turned on and off using networkmanager-dmenu.
2. Add an option to open a terminal to view the QR code for any wifi network.

Is that correct?

[firecat53]

@niksingh710 - checking on this issue. I'll need some input on my previous questions before I can work on this. Thanks!

[niksingh710]

I want to make sure I understand your requests:

1. Add hotspot connections to the menu so they can be turned on and off using networkmanager-dmenu.
2. Add an option to open a terminal to view the QR code for any wifi network.

Is that correct?

Yes,
These 2 points are what m exactly talking about.

Sry for late response.

[niksingh710]

For the time i am using linux-wifi-hotspot it uses create_ap in to create hotspot.
Is it possible to list that entry?

[firecat53]

@niksingh710 networkmanager_dmenu already will prompt you for which adapter to manage if you have ap0 defined using linux-wifi-hotspot. I was able to disable and enable ap0 using nmdm. Is this what you were looking for?

[niksingh710]

@firecat53 i am unable to disable ap0

i get

and then these in ap0 entries of ap0 is as same as the wlp one

What i want if i create hotspot using create_ap it get's listed in networkmanager_dmenu in my trial of implementation i realized that this goes out of scope with the project as the project cores to Network manager.

ig this idea should be ignored.

if you think so you can close this issue.

[firecat53]

If you click 'Disable Wifi' after selecting ap0 it will disable ap0. I know that's not a very intuitive interface, but it does work.

When I add networkmanager hotspot support I will consider if the ap0 interface from linux-wifi-hotspot can also be included.

[niksingh710]

For me, this doesn't work. Have started hotspot from linux-wifi-hotspot and after selecting ap0 and disabling Wi-Fi, nothing happens to it.

[firecat53]

It looks like when I select Disable Wifi it's actually enabling the rfkill soft block which disables any wireless interfaces.

sudo create_ap --freq-band 2.4  wlp0s20f3 wlp0s20f3 testing password
[sudo] password for firecat53:
Config dir: /tmp/create_ap.wlp0s20f3.conf.gDK7cA0n
PID: 2999953
Network Manager found, set ap0 as unmanaged device... DONE
Custom frequency band set with 2.4Ghz with channel 1
Creating a virtual WiFi interface... ap0 created.
Sharing Internet using method: nat
hostapd command-line interface: hostapd_cli -p /tmp/create_ap.wlp0s20f3.conf.gDK7cA0n/hostapd_ctrl
WARN: Low entropy detected. We recommend you to install `haveged'
ap0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->ENABLED
ap0: AP-ENABLED
ap0: INTERFACE-DISABLED --> This is where I select `Disable Wifi`
rfkill: WLAN soft blocked
rfkill: WLAN unblocked --> This is where I select `Enable Wifi`
ap0: INTERFACE-ENABLED

[firecat53]

Please try out the hotspot branch and see if it works for you. I added a list of hotspots and the ability to toggle a hotspot on and off. Thanks!

[firecat53]

@niksingh710 Did you ever get a chance to try the hotspot branch?

[niksingh710]

Sorry mate was not able to test it properly.
Rn I am AFK for a week will do this as the first thing when back and ping.

[niksingh710]

@firecat53 I have tested the hotspot branch.
For me, there was no specific entry regarding hotspot. (executed via nix run .#)

if i disable wifi under ap0 or ap<number> then also create_ap hotspot instance is there.

sudo create_ap --list-running | cut -f1 -d ' '

i guess adding command sudo create_ap --stop <id> will do the job.
id can be taken from the command sudo create_ap --list-running

[firecat53]

So I went ahead and merged the changes I made for managing NetworkManager
hotspots only. Adding support for linux-wifi-hotspot and trying to popup a
terminal with the QR code for mobile devices ended up being too much of a hassle
because of all the different ways in which various linux terminals are called
and all the different ways data needs to be quoted in order to work right. Open
to a PR if anyone can figure out a simple way that works with all the common
terminals!