An application written in python that displays a wifi configuration UI for the reaspberry pi zero devices. The installation program is written to work even when you only have a headless (wifi) connection to the reaspberry pi zero.
Please see the complete writeup at the www.surfncircuits.com Simplifying WiFi connections for Raspberry Pi Zero W projects blog:
Inspired by wifi-connect project written by balena.io and forked from the python-wifi-connect written by OpenAgricultureFoundation .
Please read the INSTALL.md then the RUN.md files.
WiFi Connect interacts with NetworkManager, which should be the active network manager on the device's host OS.
At boot, a valid WiFi network is not found
WiFi Connect detects available WiFi networks and opens an access point with a captive portal. Connecting to this access point with a mobile phone or laptop allows new WiFi credentials to be configured.
Connect to the opened access point on the device from your mobile phone or laptop. The access point SSID is, by default, Rpi-hostname where hostname if the device name.
After connecting to the access point from a mobile phone, it will detect the captive portal and open its web page. Opening any web page will redirect to the captive portal as well. The default IP address is 192.168.42.1
The captive portal provides the option to select a WiFi SSID from a list with detected WiFi networks and enter a passphrase for the desired network.
When the network credentials have been entered, WiFi Connect will disable the access point and try to connect to the network. If the connection fails, it will enable the access point for another attempt. If it succeeds, the configuration will be saved by NetworkManager.