How do I reference an interface by name in ash

Installing and Using OpenWrt
1

I feel like this is such a noob question but maybe it'll be of benefit to others.

I've made interface names(.ifname) for my guest networks but I don't know how to use that name in a script using uci. For example;

12:45 ~ # uci show wireless | grep guest
wireless.wifinet2.ssid='guest2'
wireless.wifinet2.network='guest'
wireless.wifinet2.ifname='@guest2'
wireless.wifinet3.ssid='guest22g'
wireless.wifinet3.network='guest'
wireless.wifinet3.ifname='@guest22g'

The reason I need to reference them is because I toggle them on/off using the WPS button. I thought it'd be something like this;

# uci get wireless.@guest2.disabled
0

Instead i get;

13:02 ~ # uci get wireless.@guest2.disabled
uci: Invalid argument

I've even tried;

13:09 ~ # uci get @guest2.disabled
uci: Entry not found

I have a rough feeling that it's SUPER simple but please and thank you for your help in advance.

2

Unfortunately there is no super simple way in the shell API for this. You could resort to ubus calls though:

eval $(ubus call uci get '{ "config": "wireless", "type": "wifi-iface", "match": { "ssid": "guest2" } }' | jsonfilter -e 'disabled=@.values[*].disabled')
[ "$disabled" = 1 ] && disabled=0 || disabled=1
ubus call uci set '{ "config": "wireless", "type": "wifi-iface", "match": { "ssid": "guest2" }, "values": { "disabled": "'$disabled'" } }'
ubus call network reload
3

WOW that's a lot to understand and maybe can be of help when I wrap my brain around it but in the mean time I should just stick with;

# uci get wireless.wifinetx.etc

and keep in mind the wifinet numbers.
ahh sad face,
but thank you!!