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A bit off topic: I'm looking for a project that starts with an AP. Once someone connected to it; it opens a web page to configure the client (choose which WIFI

A bit off topic: I'm looking for a project that starts with an AP. Once someone connected to it; it opens a web page to configure the client (choose which WIFI from a list, and type the password). It connects to the chosen WIFI and shuts down the AP. Anyone here did something similar to that?

savrajsingh 6y ago
Starting point: https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect
- numpad0 6y ago
  I’ve seen Raspberry Pi images from Ubiquity Robotics(not Ubiquiti Networks) having similar daemon called “pifi” for command line operation, but this one looks nicer
flak48 6y ago
Yep. I didn't do it with a RasPi but with a Chinese chip I found off AliExpress Managed to strip down OpenWRT so it would fit in the meager 16MB RAM/8MB flash. In the init script (a bash script) just checked if a wifi network was configured previously (creds stored in a file). If configured, try to connect to the network for 10 seconds. If it couldn't connect, then switch to AP mode and start a lightHTTPd server listening on 192.168.0.1:80. The only files it served was a simple index.html with some JS that called a bash script via CGI that used a openwrt bash library to scan and list the available wifi networks. Then a HTML form to choose an SSID and enter the password, upon submit call another bash file to connect to the network (switch to client mode) with a timeout. If it fails, the bash would switch back to AP mode. Polling in JS to check if the connection was successful (by checking if AP mode becomes active again)
jiggunjer 6y ago
This is basically what a chromecast does?
- Raed667 6y ago
  Exactly, I want to replicate that behavior in Raspberry Pi.
ncrmro 6y ago
ESP-32 + captive portal? https://github.com/tonyp7/esp32-wifi-manager https://github.com/tonyp7/esp32-wifi-manager
voltagex_ 6y ago
WifiManager for the ESP8266/ESP32 will do that.
nebalee 6y ago
https://github.com/davesteele/comitup https://github.com/davesteele/comitup does this. No idea how well it works, I have not tried it yet.
kingosticks 6y ago
https://github.com/billz/raspap-webgui https://github.com/billz/raspap-webgui

savrajsingh 6y ago

Starting point: https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect

numpad0 6y ago
I’ve seen Raspberry Pi images from Ubiquity Robotics(not Ubiquiti Networks) having similar daemon called “pifi” for command line operation, but this one looks nicer

flak48 6y ago

Yep. I didn't do it with a RasPi but with a Chinese chip I found off AliExpress Managed to strip down OpenWRT so it would fit in the meager 16MB RAM/8MB flash. In the init script (a bash script) just checked if a wifi network was configured previously (creds stored in a file). If configured, try to connect to the network for 10 seconds. If it couldn't connect, then switch to AP mode and start a lightHTTPd server listening on 192.168.0.1:80. The only files it served was a simple index.html with some JS that called a bash script via CGI that used a openwrt bash library to scan and list the available wifi networks. Then a HTML form to choose an SSID and enter the password, upon submit call another bash file to connect to the network (switch to client mode) with a timeout. If it fails, the bash would switch back to AP mode. Polling in JS to check if the connection was successful (by checking if AP mode becomes active again)

jiggunjer 6y ago

This is basically what a chromecast does?

Raed667 6y ago
Exactly, I want to replicate that behavior in Raspberry Pi.

ncrmro 6y ago

ESP-32 + captive portal? https://github.com/tonyp7/esp32-wifi-manager https://github.com/tonyp7/esp32-wifi-manager

voltagex_ 6y ago

WifiManager for the ESP8266/ESP32 will do that.

nebalee 6y ago

https://github.com/davesteele/comitup https://github.com/davesteele/comitup does this. No idea how well it works, I have not tried it yet.

kingosticks 6y ago

https://github.com/billz/raspap-webgui https://github.com/billz/raspap-webgui