execute commands on connect using wpa_supplicant
Roy Marples
uberlord
Sat Sep 9 12:06:53 PDT 2006
On Saturday 09 September 2006 14:38, Tiago Requeijo wrote:
> Hi,
> is there a way to execute a script after connecting to a specific ap? I'm
> thinking of something like
>
> network={
> ssid="simple"
> psk="very secret passphrase"
> exec=/path/to/script
> }
>
> This would be extremely useful for those using laptops that have to
> start/stop specific services depending to which network their connected.
wpa_cli can monitor wpa_supplicant and execute a script on
connection/disconnection. You can either query the AP details by more wpa_cli
commands or some environmental variables it may have set.
Thanks
--
Roy Marples <uberlord at gentoo.org>
Gentoo/Linux Developer (baselayout, networking)
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