[lhuovine]

Hello.

In a couple of experiments I've made lately the experimental programs had to automatically select the most suitable access point (WLAN or cell) currently available.

For that purpose I wrote a small PyS60 module that digs out some information regarding the access points configured to the phone. Then it scans the available WLAN and cell networks using Chris Berger's elocation and wlantools modules. Based on the scanning results the module then opens the 'best' network connection available.

If someone is interested the module and instructions are available at http://www.iki.fi/lasse/mobile/python.html
Note that the SIS package must be signed with DevCert at least for now...

For sure the code is very immature and the module requires still quite lots of improvements but in my experiments it seems to work pretty well.

[croozeus]

Hi lhuovine,

Nice work !

Will surely give it a try when I find some time !

Best Regards,
Croozeus

[cyke64]

Originally Posted by lhuovine

Hello.

In a couple of experiments I've made lately the experimental programs had to automatically select the most suitable access point (WLAN or cell) currently available.

For that purpose I wrote a small PyS60 module that digs out some information regarding the access points configured to the phone. Then it scans the available WLAN and cell networks using Chris Berger's elocation and wlantools modules. Based on the scanning results the module then opens the 'best' network connection available.

If someone is interested the module and instructions are available at http://www.iki.fi/lasse/mobile/python.html
Note that the SIS package must be signed with DevCert at least for now...

For sure the code is very immature and the module requires still quite lots of improvements but in my experiments it seems to work pretty well.

Hello ,

I have been looking at your source code:

In the documentation :
Using the module autoap (this one is using apinfo from lhuovine , wlantools and elocation (both from Christophe Berger)

>>> import autoap
>>> nws = autoap.NetworkSelector()
>>> nws.setSelectionCriteria(criteria) #= This is optional, see below!
>>> status = nws.openNetworkConnection():
>>> if status == True:
... < do your stuff here, e.g. open http connection to somewehere >
... nws.closeNetworkConnection()


Provided API:

apinfo.wlanAPs():
-----------------
The function returns a list of the configured WLAN access points along with
their IAPid and network name (aka SSID). For example,
[{'iapid': 3, 'nwname': u'HomeWlan'}
{'iapid': 2, 'nwname': u'OfficeWlan'},
{'iapid': 9, 'nwname': u'CoffeeShop'}]

apinfo.cellAPs():
-----------------
The function returns a list of the configured GPRS access points that are
capable for Internet access along with their IAPid and network name.
See apinfo.wlanAPs() for a detailed example.

apinfo.version():
-------------------
Returns the version number of the wlaninfo module as a tuple (x,y,z).


apinfo api use

import apinfo
print apinfo.wlanAPs()
print apinfo.cellAPs()

Great module thanks for releasing it to us !

EDIT : Now I understood how it works !
BR
Cyke64