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A dead simple, cross-platform Python library to connect to wireless networks.

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wireless

A dead simple, cross-platform Python library to connect to wireless networks.

Description

This library can control a computer’s wireless adapter to connect to a network. Environments currently supported include:

Operating System

Network Managers

Tested Adapters

Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04

nmcli

Linksys AE3000, Intel Centrino 6250

Mac OS 10.10

networksetup

Macbook Pro

Setup

sudo pip install wireless

To use the nmcli on Ubuntu 14.04, the right permissions must be in place. A few options are listed here.

Usage

A typical usage looks like this:

from wireless import Wireless
wireless = Wireless()
wireless.connect(ssid='ssid', password='password')

API

  • Wireless([interface]) - initialize the wireless driver

  • connect(ssid, password) - attempts to connect to a network and returns True on success

  • current() - returns the name of the current network or None otherwise

  • interfaces() - list the available interfaces

  • interface(interface) - get or set the current interface

  • power(power=True||False) - get or set the power status of the adapter

Change History

This project uses semantic versioning.

v0.2.0 - 2014/11/25

  • Added support for multiple network adapters with interface() and interfaces() methods

  • The current() method actually asks the wireless driver for the current SSID instead of returning the name of the most recently connected network

  • Added the power() method

v0.1.1 - 2014/11/24

  • Better documentation formatting for PyPI

v0.1.0 - 2014/11/22

  • Initial release

Contributions

Pull requests to the develop branch are welcomed!

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