We would like to be able to set multiple SSID with respective passwords.
It would also be nice if we could manage the stored SSID and passwords via the balenacloud gui.
Hello.
If I understand correctly, the use case is:
- Store multiple Wi-Fi credentials on the device
- Connect to whichever network is available/preferred
- Be able to manage those saved networks from balenaCloud UI
We already support multiple Wi-Fi connection profiles, including connection priorities/autoconnect behaviour, you can take a look at Networking on balenaOS | balena docs for details.
It’s true that today there is no built-in balenaCloud dashboard feature for centrally viewing/editing/removing saved Wi-Fi networks on deployed devices, so thanks for the feature request!
As a side note, some users rely on GitHub - balena-os/wifi-connect: Easy WiFi setup for Linux devices from your mobile phone or laptop · GitHub or similar application-level solutions to manage Wi-Fi credentials in custom/user-friendly ways.
Thanks for such a great reply!
Yes, I already use multiple wifi connection profiles. But when provisioning a device, I can only add one ssid and password. So I have to deploy each device in order to add multiple ssids.
The wifi-connect looks promising! I tried something similar 5-6 years ago. However, I was a bit concerned about advertising a ssid, since it might expose information stored on the devices. E.g. env variables that might be keys or similar.