[X3lectric]

Hi X3lectric,

for the wifi setup I have a small script that is a better version that supports wifi security.

Currently XCI offers the choice of a list of scanned networks.
My network however is hidden. Here one should be able to type in his network name, (this is the ssid) so an inputbox would be a better option here.
Also the password should have this possibility.

From the current script I've seen that the wpa-psk is DIRECTLY filled in, which I believe will never be working.

below how to get this encription working.
mySSID: the wpa-ssid
myNetworkPass: the network password that ones has to know to get onto the wifi network.
ra0: the name of my network device.

Note: grep " psk" contains 1 tab in front of the psk.
While editing, do this by Ctrl+v and typing the tab key.

Code:

[b][u]WPAKEY[/u][/b]=$(wpa_passphrase [b]mySSID[/b] [b]myNetworkPass[/b] | grep "    psk" | awk 'BEGIN {FS="="} {print $2}')

#echo "auto wlan0" >>/etc/network/interface

echo "auto [b]ra0[/b]" >> interfaces
echo "iface [b]ra0[/b] inet dhcp" >> interfaces
echo "wpa-driver wext" >> interfaces
echo "wpa-ssid [b]mySSID[/b]" >> interfaces
echo "wpa-ap-scan 2" >> interfaces
echo "wpa-proto RSN" >> interfaces
echo "wpa-pairwise CCMP" >> interfaces
echo "wpa-group CCMP" >> interfaces
echo "wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK" >> interfaces
echo "wpa-psk "[b][u]$WPAKEY[/u][/b] >> interfaces

HI johan_tre what a pleasure it was to read your post, someone with skills and interest? I can hardly believe it.

Script is open source so feel free to add or do whatever you wish as long as everything works and is released.

Ideally it would be nice to follow the script UI usage with user input boxes so it is consistent with existing.

XCI wifi script part is hundreds of lines long, ALSO supports security, BUT I didn't write (andy the original main dev which is MIA for near a year.) and don't understand most of it to make any changes. All I know is it has to support wlan0 and ra0 or whatever others default interfaces.

so feel free to make modifications and submit it for user testing on.

a) A new topic here in XBMC forums.

b) XCI forums (but you would have to join in and answers users questions. (you need a sourceforge account to login to any projects) I can add you as a dev if you wish.

c) Not on Thread this since I don't have access to modify first post

please read my signature for details on current status of future script development and available positions.

Your code looks simple enough but don't forget XCI is not just a do it script, its a real installer and should behave and look like one.

Thank you so much for actually looking at this and suggesting changes.

Happy new whatsit.