Hi, and thanks for caring !
When you say “Disable the AP”, you dont want the wifi-connect to automatically start up in an Ad-Hoc mode network and let you connect to it in order to configure it?
Exactly. Here is my use case : when my digital sign is being prepared, it is connected to a router and prepared (assets uploading) from a computer connected to same router.
Then, it’s being used in a room where there is no network available (be it wire or wireless). So to start the visual show I have either :
- to bring there the extremity of a very long ethernet cable connected to the router (then the sign starts and I can take the cable back) ;
- or to use 2 smartphones (1 to connect to its hostpot and select on it the second one, in AP mode ; then the sign starts and I can take them back).
So, in my perspective, the internal AP, coming with good intentions, prevent starting in those conditions.
If there was a way, once the assets uploaded, to tell to my sign either :
- “from now on no more internal AP until I change my mind please” ;
- or “after 5 minutes of not used internal AP, close it and start the show please” ;
that would save me from that routine each time.
That’s what I am also interested by an undisclosed method for this another user found and mentioned here :
https://forums.screenly.io/t/bypass-hotspot-connection/
Any thoughts are welcome !