[Buildroot] Wireless config tool

Baruch Siach baruch at tkos.co.il
Mon Feb 4 18:33:43 UTC 2013


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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