Check by script if hotspot is active

[outdoorbits]

Hi,

I would like to integrate comitup deeper into little-backup-box and set a link from the web UI if the hotspot is active. Up to now I use external_callback to know that. But if I use two wifi adapters to be able to mange portal pages, this method does not work in any case.

Thank you!

[davesteele]

If I understand the situation, it should. external_callback should work regardless of the number of wifi adapters.

[outdoorbits]

Of course, I just hoped to find an easy access to that information. But I can save the last external_callback message and
sudo comitup -i
to read imode, If imode=router or last external_callback=HOTSPOT, the hotspot should be up right?

[davesteele]

Ah, OK. There is a D-Bus get_info() call in Comitup that reports connected mode. The comitup-cli interface has access to that. "comitup-cli i" should give you what you need in a batch mode (can't verify right now).

[davesteele]

Slight correction - it is the D-Bus state() call in Comitup.