Adding GetOperationalMode() to determine op mode of an interface

wicd/wnettools.py

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ wpa2_pattern = re.compile('(WPA2)', __re_mode)
 ip_pattern = re.compile(r'inet [Aa]d?dr[^.]*:([^.]*\.[^.]*\.[^.]*\.[0-9]*)',re.S)
 bssid_pattern = re.compile('.*Access Point: (([0-9A-Z]{2}:){5}[0-9A-Z]{2})', __re_mode)
 bitrate_pattern = re.compile('.*Bit Rate=(.*?)s', __re_mode)
+opmode_pattern = re.compile('.*Mode:(.*?) ', __re_mode)
 
 # Regular expressions for wpa_cli output
 auth_pattern = re.compile('.*wpa_state=(.*?)\n', __re_mode)
@@ -1198,6 +1199,18 @@ class BaseWirelessInterface(BaseInterface):
         bitrate = misc.RunRegex(bitrate_pattern, output)
         return bitrate + 's'
 
+    def GetOperationalMode(self, iwconfig=None):
+        """ Get the MAC address for the interface. """
+        if not iwconfig:
+            cmd = 'iwconfig ' + self.iface
+            if self.verbose: print cmd
+            output = misc.Run(cmd)
+        else:
+            output = iwconfig
+            
+        opmode = misc.RunRegex(opmode_pattern, output)
+        return opmode
+
     def _get_link_quality(self, output):
         """ Parse out the link quality from iwlist scan or iwconfig output. """
         try: