add channel and band properties to network manager dbus

Author: Ihor Savchenko

src/index.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import {
 // defaults
 const AP_SSID = process.env.AP_SSID || `WiFi Repeater`;
 const AP_PASSWORD = process.env.AP_PASSWORD || '';
+const AP_CHANNEL = process.env.AP_CHANNEL || 1;
+const AP_BAND = process.env.AP_PASSWORD || 'bg';
 const WIFI_SSID = process.env.WIFI_SSID;
 const WIFI_PASSWORD = process.env.WIFI_PASSWORD;
 
@@ -47,8 +49,8 @@ const LED_ERROR_PATTERNS = {
     return;
   }
 
-  console.log(`Creating WiFi AP on ${accessPoint.iface} with SSID "${AP_SSID}" and password "${AP_PASSWORD}"...`);
-  await createAccessPoint({ iface: accessPoint.iface, ssid: AP_SSID, password: AP_PASSWORD });
+  console.log(`Creating WiFi AP on ${accessPoint.iface} with SSID "${AP_SSID}", CHANNEL "${AP_CHANNEL}", BAND "${AP_BAND}"...`);
+  await createAccessPoint({ iface: accessPoint.iface, ssid: AP_SSID, password: AP_PASSWORD, channel: AP_CHANNEL, band: AP_BAND });
 
   // Use secondary wireless device for internet if ethernet doesn't do the job.
   if (!ethernet) {

src/nm.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ export interface WirelessNetwork {
   iface: string;
   ssid: string;
   password?: string;
+  channel: number;
+  band: string;
 }
 
 const nm: string = 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager';
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ export const createAccessPoint = async (device: WirelessNetwork): Promise<any> =
       ['802-11-wireless', [
         ['ssid', ['ay', stringToArrayOfBytes(device.ssid)]],
         ['mode', ['s', 'ap']],
+        ['channel', ['u'], device.channel],
+        ['band', ['s', device.band]],
       ]],
       ['ipv4', [
         ['method', ['s', 'shared']],