Re: NetBSD volunteering (WiFi browser, NPF Web UI)

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On 03/02/2015 22:33, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
> Greg Troxel wrote:
>> "Andrei M." <lingvofactory%gmail.com@localhost> writes:
>>
>> Welcome - contributions are always appreciated.
>>
>>> 1. WiFi browser
>>> Create an easy to use wifi setup widget for NetBSD: browse and select
>>> networks in the vicinity by SSID, BSSID, channel, etc.
>>> http://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/wifi-tool/
>>
>> I would recommend that you look into the GUI configurators for dhcpcd,
>> to avoid duplication.  What I would like to see is something really
>> simple (command line) in base that will list access points nearby, and
>> let you choose and type in a password, and make it work with
>> wpa_supplicant (and join next time).  Basically the tell-once-remember
>> behavior often found in guis, but CLI and simple enough to be in the
>> base system.  Right now I find I have to edit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.
>>
> 
> For the reference there is a work in progress:
> http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd-ui/home

Currently working on a curses interface to join dhcpcd-gtk and dhcpcd-qt.
That has stalled a little bit but may pickup again in a few weeks.

Roy