QNetworkConfiguration

The QNetworkConfiguration class provides an abstraction of one or more access point configurations. More…

Inheritance diagram of PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration

New in version 4.7.

Synopsis

Functions

Detailed Description

QNetworkConfiguration encapsulates a single access point or service network. In most cases a single access point configuration can be mapped to one network interface. However a single network interface may not always map to only one access point configuration. Multiple configurations for the same network device may enable multiple access points. An example device that could exhibit such a configuration might be a Smartphone which allows the user to manage multiple WLAN configurations while the device itself has only one WLAN network device.

The QNetworkConfiguration also supports the concept of service networks. This concept allows the grouping of multiple access point configurations into one entity. Such a group is called service network and can be beneficial in cases whereby a network session to a particular destination network is required (e.g. a company network). When using a service network the user doesn’t usually care which one of the connectivity options is chosen (e.g. corporate WLAN or VPN via GPRS) as long as he can reach the company’s target server. Depending on the current position and time some of the access points that make up the service network may not even be available. Furthermore automated access point roaming can be enabled which enables the device to change the network interface configuration dynamically while maintaining the applications connection to the target network. It allows adaption to the changing environment and may enable optimization with regards to cost, speed or other network parameters.

Special configurations of type UserChoice provide a placeholder configuration which is resolved to an actual network configuration by the platform when a session is opened . Not all platforms support the concept of a user choice configuration.

Configuration States

The list of available configurations can be obtained via allConfigurations() . A configuration can have multiple states. The Defined configuration state indicates that the configuration is stored on the device. However the configuration is not yet ready to be activated as e.g. a WLAN may not be available at the current time.

The Discovered state implies that the configuration is Defined and the outside conditions are such that the configuration can be used immediately to open a new network session. An example of such an outside condition may be that the Ethernet cable is actually connected to the device or that the WLAN with the specified SSID is in range.

The Active state implies that the configuration is Discovered . A configuration in this state is currently being used by an application. The underlying network interface has a valid IP configuration and can transfer IP packets between the device and the target network.

The Undefined state indicates that the system has knowledge of possible target networks but cannot actually use that knowledge to connect to it. An example for such a state could be an encrypted WLAN that has been discovered but the user hasn’t actually saved a configuration including the required password which would allow the device to connect to it.

Depending on the type of configuration some states are transient in nature. A GPRS/UMTS connection may almost always be Discovered if the GSM/UMTS network is available. However if the GSM/UMTS network loses the connection the associated configuration may change its state from Discovered to Defined as well. A similar use case might be triggered by WLAN availability. updateConfigurations() can be used to manually trigger updates of states. Note that some platforms do not require such updates as they implicitly change the state once it has been discovered. If the state of a configuration changes all related QNetworkConfiguration instances change their state automatically.

See also

QNetworkSession QNetworkConfigurationManager

class PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration(other)

param other:

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration

Constructs an invalid configuration object.

See also

isValid()

Creates a copy of the QNetworkConfiguration object contained in other .

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.Type

This enum describes the type of configuration.

Constant

Description

QNetworkConfiguration.InternetAccessPoint

The configuration specifies the details for a single access point. Note that configurations of type may be part of other QNetworkConfigurations of type .

QNetworkConfiguration.ServiceNetwork

The configuration is based on a group of QNetworkConfigurations of type . All group members can reach the same target network. This type of configuration is a mandatory requirement for roaming enabled network sessions. On some platforms this form of configuration may also be called Service Network Access Point (SNAP).

QNetworkConfiguration.UserChoice

The configuration is a placeholder which will be resolved to an actual configuration by the platform when a session is opened. Depending on the platform the selection may generate a popup dialog asking the user for his preferred choice.

QNetworkConfiguration.Invalid

The configuration is invalid.

New in version 4.7.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.Purpose

Specifies the purpose of the configuration.

Constant

Description

QNetworkConfiguration.UnknownPurpose

The configuration doesn’t specify any purpose. This is the default value.

QNetworkConfiguration.PublicPurpose

The configuration can be used for general purpose internet access.

QNetworkConfiguration.PrivatePurpose

The configuration is suitable to access a private network such as an office Intranet.

QNetworkConfiguration.ServiceSpecificPurpose

The configuration can be used for operator specific services (e.g. receiving MMS messages or content streaming).

New in version 4.7.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.StateFlag

Specifies the configuration states.

Constant

Description

QNetworkConfiguration.Undefined

This state is used for transient configurations such as newly discovered WLANs for which the user has not actually created a configuration yet.

QNetworkConfiguration.Defined

Defined configurations are known to the system but are not immediately usable (e.g. a configured WLAN is not within range or the Ethernet cable is currently not plugged into the machine).

QNetworkConfiguration.Discovered

A discovered configuration can be immediately used to create a new QNetworkSession . An example of a discovered configuration could be a WLAN which is within in range. If the device moves out of range the discovered flag is dropped. A second example is a GPRS configuration which generally remains discovered for as long as the device has network coverage. A configuration that has this state is also in state . If the configuration is a service network this flag is set if at least one of the underlying access points configurations has the Discovered state.

QNetworkConfiguration.Active

The configuration is currently used by an open network session (see isOpen() ). However this does not mean that the current process is the entity that created the open session. It merely indicates that if a new QNetworkSession were to be constructed based on this configuration state() would return Connected . This state implies the state.

New in version 4.7.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.BearerType

Specifies the type of bearer used by a configuration.

Constant

Description

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerUnknown

The type of bearer is unknown or unspecified. The bearerTypeName() function may return additional information.

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerEthernet

The configuration is for an Ethernet interfaces.

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerWLAN

The configuration is for a Wireless LAN interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.Bearer2G

The configuration is for a CSD, GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE or cdmaOne interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.Bearer3G

The configuration is for a 3G interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.Bearer4G

The configuration is for a 4G interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerCDMA2000

The configuration is for CDMA interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerWCDMA

The configuration is for W-CDMA/UMTS interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerHSPA

The configuration is for High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerBluetooth

The configuration is for a Bluetooth interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerWiMAX

The configuration is for a WiMAX interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerEVDO

The configuration is for an EVDO (3G) interface.

QNetworkConfiguration.BearerLTE

The configuration is for a LTE (4G) interface.
PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.bearerType()
Return type:

BearerType

Returns the type of bearer used by this network configuration.

If the bearer type is unknown the bearerTypeName() function can be used to retrieve a textural type name for the bearer.

An invalid network configuration always returns the BearerUnknown value.

See also

bearerTypeName() bearerTypeFamily()

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.bearerTypeFamily()
Return type:

BearerType

Returns the bearer type family used by this network configuration. The following table lists how bearerType() values map to values:

bearer type

bearer type family

BearerUnknown , Bearer2G , BearerEthernet , BearerWLAN , BearerBluetooth

(same type)

BearerCDMA2000 , BearerEVDO , BearerWCDMA , BearerHSPA , Bearer3G

Bearer3G

BearerWiMAX , BearerLTE , Bearer4G

Bearer4G

An invalid network configuration always returns the BearerUnknown value.

See also

bearerType() bearerTypeName()

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.bearerTypeName()
Return type:

str

Returns the type of bearer used by this network configuration as a string.

The string is not translated and therefore cannot be shown to the user. The subsequent table shows the fixed mappings between BearerType and the bearer type name for known types. If the BearerType is unknown this function may return additional information if it is available; otherwise an empty string will be returned.

BearerType

Value

BearerUnknown

The session is based on an unknown or unspecified bearer type. The value of the string returned describes the bearer type.

BearerEthernet

Ethernet

BearerWLAN

WLAN

Bearer2G

2G

Bearer3G

3G

Bearer4G

4G

BearerCDMA2000

CDMA2000

BearerWCDMA

WCDMA

BearerHSPA

HSPA

BearerBluetooth

Bluetooth

BearerWiMAX

WiMAX

BearerEVDO

EVDO

BearerLTE

LTE

This function returns an empty string if this is an invalid configuration, a network configuration of type ServiceNetwork or UserChoice .

See also

bearerType() bearerTypeFamily()

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.children()
Return type:

Returns all sub configurations of this network configuration in priority order. The first sub configuration in the list has the highest priority.

Only network configurations of type ServiceNetwork can have children. Otherwise this function returns an empty list.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.connectTimeout()
Return type:

int

Returns the connect timeout of this configuration.

See also

setConnectTimeout

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.identifier()
Return type:

str

Returns the unique and platform specific identifier for this network configuration; otherwise an empty string.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.isRoamingAvailable()
Return type:

bool

Returns true if this configuration supports roaming; otherwise false.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.isValid()
Return type:

bool

Returns true if this QNetworkConfiguration object is valid. A configuration may become invalid if the user deletes the configuration or the configuration was default-constructed.

The addition and removal of configurations can be monitored via the QNetworkConfigurationManager .

See also

QNetworkConfigurationManager

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.name()
Return type:

str

Returns the user visible name of this configuration.

The name may either be the name of the underlying access point or the name for service network that this configuration represents.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.__ne__(other)
Parameters:

other – PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration

Return type:

bool

Returns true if this configuration is not the same as the other configuration given; otherwise returns false .

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.__eq__(other)
Parameters:

other – PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration

Return type:

bool

Returns true , if this configuration is the same as the other configuration given; otherwise returns false .

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.purpose()
Return type:

Purpose

Returns the purpose of this configuration.

The purpose field may be used to programmatically determine the purpose of a configuration. Such information is usually part of the access point or service network meta data.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.setConnectTimeout(timeout)
Parameters:

timeout – int

Return type:

bool

Sets the connect timeout of this configuration to timeout . This allows control of the timeout used by QAbstractSocket to establish a connection.

Note

timeout is in millisecond.

Warning

This will have no effect if the bearer plugin doesn’t have the CanStartAndStopInterfaces capability.

Returns true if succeeded.

See also

connectTimeout

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.state()
Return type:

StateFlags

Returns the current state of the configuration.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.swap(other)
Parameters:

other – PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration

Swaps this network configuration with other . This function is very fast and never fails.

PySide2.QtNetwork.QNetworkConfiguration.type()
Return type:

Type

Returns the type of the configuration.

A configuration can represent a single access point configuration or a set of access point configurations. Such a set is called service network. A configuration that is based on a service network can potentially support roaming of network sessions.