1171373 - Expose Tethering settings to user

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::Settings, defect)

Description

[:gerard-majax]

In dom/system/gonk/TetheringService.js we have lots of settings key defined to control the behavior of WiFi and USB tethering. But user has no way to change those.

That makes the feature useless if you are unlucky. Story of my life, fiber cut, no more DSL. I wanted to use my B2G device in USB tethering on my router to get network in the meantime.

Bad luck, the tethering networks are 192.168.0.0/24 for USB and 192.168.1.0/24 for WiFi. Same as mine. So I needed to change USB tethering network.

Since it's not exposed and not reacting to prefs, one has to plug WebIDE and play with |navigator.mozSettings.createLock().set()| directly ...

Comment 1

[Vincent Chang[:vchang][changyihsin]]

Hi Alexandre, we have setTetheringEnabled WebAPI [1] to turn on/off wifi/usb tethering. You can also specify ip address in TetheringConfiguration params.   


[1] https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/webidl/MozTetheringManager.webidl?from=MozTetheringManager.webidl&case=true#54

Comment 2

[Arthur Chen [:arthurcc][inactive after 6/30]]

Vincent, using this API means that it is required to use API for toggling wifi, right?

Comment 3

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on