Connecting to wifi

[Eligijus]

Hello,

is there a better way to connect to wifi on embedded linux device(variscite DART-6UL) than to use Qprocess and manipulate terminal like so:

    QProcess process;
    QStringList arguments;
    QString stdout;
    process.start("ifconfig wlan0 up");
    process.waitForFinished(-1);
    arguments << "-c" << "iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID";
    process.start("sh" ,arguments);
    process.waitForFinished();

I've seen a few posts recommending to look into QNetworkConfigurationManager but all it does is list network interfaces not wifi networks i could connect to.

[jsulm]

@Eligijus If WLAN is activated on your device (ifconfig wlan0 up) then QNetworkConfigurationManager should actually show it.

[Eligijus]

WLAN is activated on my device and QNetworkConfigurationManager shows wlan0 but NOT the networks.

    ncm->updateConfigurations();
    myList = ncm->allConfigurations();
    for(int i = 0; i < myList.size(); i ++)
    {
        qDebug() << myList.at(i).name();
    }

outputs:
"Wired"
"sit0"
"wlan0"
"can0"
"eth0"
"eth1"
"eth0"
And executing "iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID" i get:
SSID: Lina
SSID: VAI-FI
SSID: Liblanka
SSID: Cgates_FB5C
SSID: 40
SSID: Linksys2

[jsulm]

@Eligijus What is your use case? Usually you connect to a network using the OS not your app.

[Eligijus]

@jsulm On embedded linux device a qt application is ran on startup. So within that application i need to provide interface for wifi(scanning networks, connecting to network, getting information about network...). Touchscreen is my only way to interact with application so i can't just whip out a terminal and connect to wifi :).
Yesterday i have found a possible solution - libconnman-qt. It is a qt bindings for connman(network manager for linux) but haven't tested it yet.

[GilbertoAGJ]

I have the same problem. Have you you solved the problem ?