Written purely in shell, networkmanager program made to automate and provide seamless connection to known networks.
Guide
Generally, your SSID and password does not save, leading you to constantly retype your Network's password, creating a tiring process. This shell project is meant to change that.
wifirand : Typing the wifirand command will lead to the program to save your SSID and password. However, please keep in mind that wifirand must be accompanied by your . It will prompt you to save a password.
ex: wifirand Verizon_XXXX
Keep in mind that as of writing this, only one SSID and password can be saved at a time
wificon:
Typing this command will auto connect you to the SSID and password you listed in the wifirand
command.
ex: wificon
Where does it save?:
It saves to a hidden file in your home directory, specifically, ~/.wificnt/wifi.md
. Through here, the shell script is able to edit and save your wifi in plaintext.
NETWORKMANAGER MUST BE INSTALLED
- Install the repository
git clone https://github.com/mitzsou/wificnt.git
- Enter the directory
cd ~/wificnt/
- Elevate the script's permissions and run it!
chmod +x setup.sh
./setup.sh
- Install the dependencies
sudo pacman -S networkmanager git
sudo apt install network-manager git
sudo zypper install NetworkManager git
sudo emerge net-misc/networkmanager dev-vcs/git
- Setup NetworkManager
sudo systemctl start NetworkManager
sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager
- Install the repository
git clone https://github.com/mitzsou/wificnt.git
- Create the directory & save file
mkdir ~/.wificnt/
touch ~/.wificnt/wifi.md
- Move the designated files to your system's path
mv ~/wificnt/wificon /usr/local/bin
mv ~/wificnt/wificon /usr/local/bin
Your path may be different
- Include a way to save multiple SSID's and SSID password's at once.
- Include functionality for all linux distrobutions for setup.sh
- think of more stuff to do w this lol