A way to interact with the Wireless interfaces on a Linux machine using WPA Supplicant.
Requires a running wpa_supplicant with control interface at /var/run/wpa_supplicant (which is usually
a symlink to /run/wpa_supplicant). This requires the config file to contain the line:
ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
Or for the wpa_supplicant instance to be running with the -O /run/wpa_supplicant argument.
You will probably also need to be running as root unless you are in the specified group (wheel in the above example).
Get a list of wifi cards attached:
ifaces := wireless.Interfaces()From there you can use the client:
wc, err := wireless.NewClient("wlan0")
defer wc.Close()Get a list of APs that are in range:
aps, err := wc.Scan()
fmt.Println(aps, err)
ap, ok := wireless.APs(aps).FindBySSID("CIA Predator Drone 237A")Get a list of known networks (note: the password cannot be retrieved so are not populated):
nets, err := wc.Networks()
fmt.Println(nets, err)Connect to networks:
net := NewNetwork("FBI Surveillance Van #4", "secretpass")
net, err := wc.Connect(net)Disable networks:
nets, err:= wc.Networks()
net, err := net, ok := wireless.Networks(nets).FindBySSID("FBI Surveillance Van #4")
net.Disable(true)
net, err := wc.UpdateNetwork(net)Subscribe to events:
sub := wc.Subscribe(wireless.EventConnected, wireless.EventAuthReject, wireless.EventDisconnected)
ev := <-sub.Next()
switch ev.Name {
case wireless.EventConnected:
fmt.Println(ev.Arguments)
case wireless.EventAuthReject:
fmt.Println(ev.Arguments)
case wireless.EventDisconnected:
fmt.Println(ev.Arguments)
}Check the status of the connection:
st, err := wc.Status()
fmt.Printf("%+v\n", st)