Connman_dmenu: netcfg(netctl) alternative!

Question

recently I tried all network manager, but eventually settled down to connman.
interestingly, connman is such a powerful tool because it provides proper abstraction on top of wpa_supplicant.
Pro:
+ super lightweight (dmenu + connman)
+ faster scan and connection (vs netcfg) (this is around 1~2 secs while netcfg can take up to 15 secs)
+ automatically connection after first connection is made (wifi or ethernet)
+ supported wifi security: wep, wpa2 peap, wpa psk, none (these 4 are the most common)
+ 2014/1/14 add vpn pptp support (pptp is the most common one.)
Con:
- dmenu cannot support all configuration, but for most people we dont have complicated wifi configuration
This works nicely if you use i3 or some other random tiling wm.
install
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/connman_dmenu-git/
Last edited by taylorchu (2014-01-16 05:17:36)

Answer 1

Here's the output you requested.
connmanctl> scan wifi
Scan completed
connmanctl> services
*A PAL2.0 { wifi_a088b45b697c_50414c322e30_managed_ieee8021x }
*A PAL3.0 { wifi_a088b45b697c_50414c332e30_managed_ieee8021x }
PAL Setup { wifi_a088b45b697c_50414c205365747570_managed_none }
Purdue Guest Network { wifi_a088b45b697c_507572647565204775657374204e6574776f726b_managed_none }
Purdue Guest Network { wifi_a088b45b697c_hidden_managed_ieee8021x }
attwifi { wifi_a088b45b697c_61747477696669_managed_none }
attwifi { wifi_a088b45b697c_hidden_managed_none }
NETGEAR38 { wifi_a088b45b697c_4e4554474541523338_managed_psk }
PFRPZD8923YOHP { wifi_a088b45b697c_504652505a4438393233594f4850_managed_ieee8021x }
default { wifi_a088b45b697c_64656661756c74_managed_none }
└➤ sudo connman_dmenu
cut: invalid byte, character or field list
Try 'cut --help' for more information.
cut: fields and positions are numbered from 1
Try 'cut --help' for more information.