Enabling Wi-Fi on First boot

[Enrico Mioso]

On Tue, 6 Jul 2021, Tom Psyborg wrote:

> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 11:37:15
> From: Tom Psyborg <pozega.tomislav at gmail.com>
> To: Enrico Mioso <mrkiko.rs at gmail.com>
> Cc: Paul Spooren <mail at aparcar.org>,
>     OpenWrt Development List <openwrt-devel at lists.openwrt.org>
> Subject: Re: Enabling Wi-Fi on First boot
> 
> It's been discussed multiple times already. There is no need for additional scripts as you can tweak it in main WiFi script. Search the forums
>

Hello there!!

I was hoping for a solution that would get integrated into the upstream project.
Various tweaks are possible, but I was hoping for something as generic as possible.

Thanks!

Enrico
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2021, 09:14 Enrico Mioso <mrkiko.rs at gmail.com> wrote:
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>       On Mon, 5 Jul 2021, Paul Spooren wrote:
>
>       > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 09:06:14
>       > From: Paul Spooren <mail at aparcar.org>
>       > To: Enrico Mioso <mrkiko.rs at gmail.com>, openwrt-devel at lists.openwrt.org
>       > Subject: Re: Enabling Wi-Fi on First boot
>       >
>       >
>       > On 7/5/21 8:45 PM, Enrico Mioso wrote:
>       >> Hello all!!
>       >>
>       >> I would like to know your opinion on a topic I know has already been
>       >> discussed: enabling Wi-Fi on first boot.
>       >> I would very very much like to see this feature present in OpenWRt: because
>       >> I find myself in a scenario where plugging an Ethernet cable after a fresh
>       >> sysupgrade without keeping settings (due a a major upgrade or just to
>       >> "start clean") could be impractical.
>       > I think you can add uci-default scripts to enable it or do you want a config
>       > option during build time?
>
>       Hello Paul!!
>
>       Well, I tought about uci-defaults, but I tough it won't be so easy to implement due to the fact Wi-Fi is probed asynchronously, and on some devices i saw it takes a little bit (Netgear R7800).
>       I would have liked to have something already implemented in OpenWRt, so it could be looked at by more people and have much higher chances of working on all devices.
>
>       Enrico
>
>       >>
>       >> From an implementation perspective, I don't think this feature needs to be
>       >> present on images we build with builtbots, nor official images at all. It
>       >> may be a config option a user can check when self-building his/her images.
>       >> This would allow us to relax the security settings for the moment being,
>       >> and discuss and plan them later on. It seems to me there is the general
>       >> desire for having such a feature.
>       >>
>       >> Thanks a lot!
>       >>
>       >> Enrico
>       >>
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