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Alternatives to wifi conection (BerryLan)

Open matristain opened this issue 5 years ago • 3 comments

This is an alternative way to get rasperry connected to WLAN more easily and keyboard less

BerryLan

This is the installation instructions for a raspian sudo apt-get install dirmngr echo "deb http://repository.nymea.io stretch main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nymea.list sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key A1A19ED6 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nymea-networkmanager sudo systemctl disable dhcpcd reboot

But could be nice if this can me included and informed on the first-boot document (offline version)

matristain avatar Nov 08 '18 20:11 matristain

Wow, really neat utility, wasn't aware of this!

Given that it adds a dependency on an iOS/Android app, I'm not sure I want to ask that of users, though.

Also, maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how does the Raspberry Pi know which WiFi to join? What if the WiFi is password protected? 🤔

jareware avatar Nov 09 '18 08:11 jareware

The app connects to the Raspberry thru Bluetooth, In the app you'll see the list of available WiFi , when you select one It ask you for the password, This is send to the Raspberry and use this info to connect to that WiFi.

I Already try it and is very useful.

The iOS/Android app dependency is not the best , but the is better than getting a keybord.

matristain avatar Nov 09 '18 23:11 matristain

Very interesting!

I'll keep this open until I we have some time to evaluate incorporating this!

jareware avatar Nov 12 '18 13:11 jareware