Installing

Dependencies / Pre-install Requirements

• libnotify-bin (notify-send) - Sends the desktop notifications

• network-manager (nmcli)- Wifi scanning without requiring elevation; this is Gnome-based

• iw - Some overlap with nmcli, is used to obtain info about your SSID to check the channel before handoff to nmcli

  • Should work in non-Linux based systems with network-manager & libnotify-bin, but untested

  • Install dependencies on a Debian-based system:

  sudo apt install libnotify-bin network-manager iw

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Option 1: Most cross-platform support

(won't run properly via cron without importing user display env, or having an active session)

git clone https://github.com/angela-d/wifi-channel-watcher.git

Done.

Running Wifi Channel Watcher

cd wifi-channel-watcher && ./channel-watcher

(substitute ./ if running via cron: /your/local/path/to/wifi-channel-watcher/channel-watch)

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Option 2: systemd required for this approach

1. After cloning (see steps above), run channel-watch with the installservice argument:

2.  ./channel-watch installservice

• This will create a systemd user service (root not required)
• Additionally, a timer service will be created (systemd style cron)

That's it!