https://github.com/max-mapper/joinopenwifi

automatically join open and internet connect wireless networks on linux
https://github.com/max-mapper/joinopenwifi

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automatically join open and internet connect wireless networks on linux

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/max-mapper/joinopenwifi
• Owner: max-mapper
• Created: 2012-12-22T20:26:23.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-01-03T06:27:40.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-09T21:04:51.876Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 119 KB
• Stars: 50
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: readme.md

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# joinopenwifi

automatically join open and internet connected wireless networks on linux

## how it works

it uses `iwconfig` and `iwlist` to scan for nearby networks. then one at a time (in order of signal strength) it tries to connect to one and then checks to see if it can resolve the dns for `google.com`. if it can't then it moves on to the next network until it find one that is open and online.

## installation

`sudo npm install joinopenwifi -g`

(the `sudo` is necessary because changing wireless networks on linux requires superuser permissions)

this is tested on a raspberry pi. you will need to put node.js on it.

here are some notes on how https://gist.github.com/4322201

to run this script you should use a process monitor like mon/mongroup

so that it runs forever and ever and automatically on startup. see the notes

above for some examples of a mongroup script

I use this script with mongroup on a 1 minute delay so when it exits

mongroup restarts it, it waits 1 minute, then repeats. you could achieve

a similar result with cron but would have to figure out a way to make

sure multiple instances dont spawn (like a process lock file)

## usage

`sudo joinopenwifi   `

optional arguments default to: `wlan0 0 true`

there is also a programmatic API. you can just require('joinopenwifi') and read index.js

the delay is so you can run this on startup and give linux a

chance to connect to a known network

## license

BSD