Class: WifiDevice

LuCI.network. WifiDevice

A Network.WifiDevice class instance represents a wireless radio device present on the system and provides wireless capability information as well as methods for enumerating related wireless networks.

new LuCI.network.WifiDevice()

network.js, line 3080

Methods

addWifiNetwork(options){Promise.<(null|LuCI.network.WifiNetwork)>}

network.js, line 3346

Adds a new wireless network associated with this radio device to the configuration and sets its options to the provided values.

Name Type Description
options Object.<string, (string|Array.<string>)> optional

The options to set for the newly added wireless network.
Returns:
Type Description
Promise.<(null|LuCI.network.WifiNetwork)> Returns a promise resolving to a WifiNetwork instance describing the newly added wireless network or null if the given options were invalid.

deleteWifiNetwork(network){Promise.<boolean>}

network.js, line 3371

Deletes the wireless network with the given name associated with this radio device.

Name Type Description
network string

The name of the wireless network to lookup. This may be either an uci configuration section ID, a network ID in the form radio#.network# or a Linux network device name like wlan0 which is resolved to the corresponding configuration section through ubus runtime information.
Returns:
Type Description
Promise.<boolean> Returns a promise resolving to true when the wireless network was successfully deleted from the configuration or false when the given network could not be found or if the found network was not associated with this wireless radio device.

get(opt){null|string|Array.<string>}

network.js, line 3120

Read the given UCI option value of this wireless device.

Name Type Description
opt string

The UCI option name to read.
Returns:
Type Description
null | string | Array.<string> Returns the UCI option value or null if the requested option is not found.

getHTModes(){Array.<string>}

network.js, line 3198

Gets a list of supported htmodes.

The htmode values describe the wide-frequency options supported by the wireless phy.

Returns:
Type Description
Array.<string> Returns an array of valid htmode values for this radio. Currently known mode values are:
  • HT20 - applicable to IEEE 802.11n, 20 MHz wide channels
  • HT40 - applicable to IEEE 802.11n, 40 MHz wide channels
  • VHT20 - applicable to IEEE 802.11ac, 20 MHz wide channels
  • VHT40 - applicable to IEEE 802.11ac, 40 MHz wide channels
  • VHT80 - applicable to IEEE 802.11ac, 80 MHz wide channels
  • VHT160 - applicable to IEEE 802.11ac, 160 MHz wide channels

getHWModes(){Array.<string>}

network.js, line 3177

Gets a list of supported hwmodes.

The hwmode values describe the frequency band and wireless standard versions supported by the wireless phy.

Returns:
Type Description
Array.<string> Returns an array of valid hwmode values for this radio. Currently known mode values are:
  • a - Legacy 802.11a mode, 5 GHz, up to 54 Mbit/s
  • b - Legacy 802.11b mode, 2.4 GHz, up to 11 Mbit/s
  • g - Legacy 802.11g mode, 2.4 GHz, up to 54 Mbit/s
  • n - IEEE 802.11n mode, 2.4 or 5 GHz, up to 600 Mbit/s
  • ac - IEEE 802.11ac mode, 5 GHz, up to 6770 Mbit/s

getI18n(){string}

network.js, line 3209

Get a string describing the wireless radio hardware.

Returns:
Type Description
string Returns the description string.

getName(){string}

network.js, line 3158

Get the configuration name of this wireless radio.

Returns:
Type Description
string Returns the UCI section name (e.g. radio0) of the corresponding radio configuration which also serves as unique logical identifier for the wireless phy.

getScanList(){Promise.<Array.<LuCI.network.WifiScanResult>>}

network.js, line 3270

Trigger a wireless scan on this radio device and obtain a list of nearby networks.

Returns:
Type Description
Promise.<Array.<LuCI.network.WifiScanResult>> Returns a promise resolving to an array of scan result objects describing the networks found in the vincinity.

getWifiNetwork(network){Promise.<LuCI.network.WifiNetwork>}

network.js, line 3303

Get the wifi network of the given name belonging to this radio device

Name Type Description
network string

The name of the wireless network to lookup. This may be either an uci configuration section ID, a network ID in the form radio#.network# or a Linux network device name like wlan0 which is resolved to the corresponding configuration section through ubus runtime information.
Returns:
Type Description
Promise.<LuCI.network.WifiNetwork> Returns a promise resolving to a Network.WifiNetwork instance representing the wireless network and rejecting with null if the given network could not be found or is not associated with this radio device.

getWifiNetworks(){Promise.<Array.<LuCI.network.WifiNetwork>>}

network.js, line 3322

Get all wireless networks associated with this wireless radio device.

Returns:
Type Description
Promise.<Array.<LuCI.network.WifiNetwork>> Returns a promise resolving to an array of Network.WifiNetwork instances respresenting the wireless networks associated with this radio device.

isDisabled(){boolean}

network.js, line 3146

Checks whether this wireless radio is disabled.

Returns:
Type Description
boolean Returns true when the wireless radio is marked as disabled in ubus runtime state or when the disabled option is set in the corresponding UCI configuration.

isUp(){boolean}

network.js, line 3281

Check whether the wireless radio is marked as up in the ubus runtime state.

Returns:
Type Description
boolean Returns true when the radio device is up, else false.

set(opt, val)

network.js, line 3134

Set the given UCI option of this network to the given value.

Name Type Description
opt string

The name of the UCI option to set.
val null | string | Array.<string>

The value to set or null to remove the given option from the configuration.