WiFi button not supported

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wazahuis
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WiFi button not supported

Post by wazahuis »

Hi,

Just got a NetGear router. These have a WiFi button that turns the WiFi off or on without having to log into software. Great for kids if you want to turn off their access fast or on etc.

Unfortunately those buttons don't work with Gargoyle. I would assume this would be a fairly simple feature to support?

harptastic
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Re: WiFi button not supported

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I too have recently install Gargoyle onto my NETGEAR WNDR3800 and love all the features. However, I cannot find a way to enable the wifi button on the front of the router. If anyone know of a way that would be greatly appreciated. :D

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Re: WiFi button not supported

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wazahuis wrote:Just got a NetGear router. These have a WiFi button that turns the WiFi off or on without having to log into software. Unfortunately those buttons don't work with Gargoyle. I would assume this would be a fairly simple feature to support?

It will depend entirely on OpenWRT support as Gargoyle is built on OpenWRT.

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start#netgear

What model router are you using?
Can you help someone else get Gargoyle up and running?
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wazahuis
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Re: WiFi button not supported

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I am using Netgear WNDR3800

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Re: WiFi button not supported

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we can get you both up and running if you are willing to do some very basic coding.

You will need:
PuTTY.exe (or your favourite SSH client)
WinSCP

log into your router with both of these programs, defaults are:
hostname: 192.168.1.1
port: 22
username: root
password: yourpassword

in WinSCP make sure you set File Protocol to SCP, and also tell it to remember your password for the session or you will be typing it over and over.


in WinSCP navigate to "/etc/hotplug.d/button"
and open "00-button" for editing.

add the following line as shown:

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logger the button was $BUTTON and the action was $ACTION

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	[ "$ACTION" = "$action" -a "$BUTTON" = "$button" -a -n "$handler" ] && {
		[ -z "$min" -o -z "$max" ] && eval $handler 
		[ -n "$min" -a -n "$max" ] && {
			[ $min -le $SEEN -a $max -ge $SEEN ] && eval $handler 
		}
	}
	logger the button was $BUTTON and the action was $ACTION
}
i.e. make sure it goes between the 2nd last and last braces.
Save and close, wait until the changes have uploaded.

go and press the button on your router that you wish to have as your wifi toggle button.
in PuTTY, type "logread".
look for the following phrase
"user.notice.root: the button was XXX and the action was pressed/released"
write this button name down exactly as stated, we will need it soon. for the fellow with the WNDR3800 it should be BTN_2.

now in PuTTY type
cd /etc
touch wifitoggle.sh
chmod +x wifitoggle.sh

using WinSCP, find the file "wifitoggle.sh" in /etc and put the following into it

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#!/bin/sh

STATUS=`wifi status | grep -m 1 up | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' -e 's/"up": //'`

if [ "$STATUS" == "true," ]; then
	wifi down
	logger Wifi button pressed, wifi going down
else
	wifi up
	logger Wifi button pressed, wifi going up
fi
now back to PuTTY (i promise we are almost done) issue the following commands

uci set system.wifi_toggle=button
uci set system.wifi_toggle.button=BTN_2 <-- or whatever the name of the button was we found earlier
uci set system.wifi_toggle.action=pressed
uci set system.wifi_toggle.handler=/etc/wifitoggle.sh
uci commit system


test it out and see what happens.
https://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoylebuilds for the latest releases
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harptastic
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Re: WiFi button not supported

Post by harptastic »

Thanks for that information but it sounds like a lot of messing around, but it's good that you can add features like that.
Also I've had a look but was unable to find a plugin that could do the same. I was wondering if there was a plugin somewhere that would not be router dependant or have I missed some info on what plugin can and cannot do.

Thanks Heaps

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Re: WiFi button not supported

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Any plugin that implemented this feature would do it the same way I did, just making the process automated.

They would probably use a nicer detection method though. I used the first thing I could think of.
https://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoylebuilds for the latest releases
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wazahuis
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Re: WiFi button not supported

Post by wazahuis »

So no plug-in's available to do this?

I would be happy for someone to code this up and pay for it and you could give me a price? And then it can become public domain.

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Re: WiFi button not supported

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Which netgear router did you have?
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wazahuis
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Re: WiFi button not supported

Post by wazahuis »

I have a NETGEAR WNDR3800

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