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Samen stands for Small Action ManagEr for wireless Networks

It is a ultra small wpa_supplicant (wpa_cli) action handler.

Features are:

• Simple to use

• Extendable

• Low memory footprint

• Starting / stopping dhcp client as default actions

Samen needs no special configuration.

The decision whether if it uses the default action (dhcp) is given due to wpa_supplicant.conf.

If an id_str is set for the wlan network in wpa_supplicant.conf,

samen tries to execute /etc/samen/up-<id_str>.sh on connect and /etc/samen/down-<id_str>.sh on disconnect.

Examples:

wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

update_config=1

ap_scan=1


network={

    ssid="myunsecurehome"

    key_mgmt=NONE

    id_str="home"

}

/etc/samen/up-home.sh

#first parameter is wireless interface

INTERFACE=$1

#sets ip to 10.10.0.100

ifconfig $INTERFACE 10.10.0.100

#adds default route to 10.10.0.1

route add default gw 10.10.0.1

#sets dns to 4.2.2.2

echo "nameserver 4.2.2.2" > /etc/resolv.conf

/etc/samen/down-home.sh

#first parameter is wireless interface

INTERFACE=$1

#unset ip

ifconfig $INTERFACE 0.0.0.0

#delete route

route del default

#delete dns server

echo > /etc/resolv.conf

Other Examples could be use curl to login on wireless hotspots or open ssh/vpn tunnels on unsecure networks

Be creative :)