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> Does anyone have experience developing packages for OpenWRT/LEDE... && is willing to offer some time (maybe an hour or two, whenever it's convenient) to a fel
by kogepathic 9y ago
> Does anyone have experience developing packages for OpenWRT/LEDE... && is willing to offer some time (maybe an hour or two, whenever it's convenient) to a fellow HNer who's getting ready to attempt developing my first OpenWRT package?
Is your wish to have help in the specifics of packing existing software for OpenWrt/LEDE, or in developing your specific utility?
If you're interested in a guide to building/packaging software for OpenWrt/LEDE, there are already detailed guides describing how to create packages for the OpenWrt/LEDE build system. [1] [2]
> and always wanted to schedule the public WiFi SSID to change daily and broadcast marketing info. (Think restaurant daily specials, retail store popup/promo coupon codes, estimated wait times, deal of the day, etc.)
As a user/customer, that sounds very annoying. Why not have a captive portal on the network instead of abusing the SSID for advertising?
Something like pfSense can easily be configured with a captive portal where you could do this advertising while having a button for users to gain access to the internet. [3]
[1] https://watchmysys.com/blog/2015/10/build-package-your-software-for-openwrt/ https://watchmysys.com/blog/2015/10/build-package-your-softw...
[2] https://www.gargoyle-router.com/old-openwrt-coding.html https://www.gargoyle-router.com/old-openwrt-coding.html
[3] https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Captive_Portal https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Captive_Portal
- drewmol 9y agomore "developing my specific utility". Thanks for the links, 1 and 2 are where I've been looking. >As a user/customer, that sounds very annoying. Why not have a captive portal... To me, as a user/customer, captive portals are very annoying >...instead of abusing the SSID for advertising? I have a propensity toward repurposing systems for different functionality (abusing things) ;-) It looks like 3, using pfSense, may make using captive portals less terrible so I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestions!