diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fcb5099..1aefe13 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ define Package/wifibox/install
 	
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(WIFIBOX_BASE_DIR)/script/wifibox_init $(1)/etc/init.d/wifibox  # copy directly to init dir (required for post-inst enabling)
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(WIFIBOX_BASE_DIR)/script/d3dapi $(1)/$(TGT_LUA_DIR_SUFFIX)/script
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(WIFIBOX_BASE_DIR)/script/signin.sh $(1)/$(TGT_LUA_DIR_SUFFIX)/script
 	
 	$(CP) $(WIFIBOX_BASE_DIR)/script/wifibox.uci.config $(1)/etc/config/wifibox  # copy base configuration to uci config dir
 
diff --git a/src/conf_defaults.lua b/src/conf_defaults.lua
index 697f122..ac24151 100644
--- a/src/conf_defaults.lua
+++ b/src/conf_defaults.lua
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ M.network_ap_netmask = {
 	regex = '%d+\.%d+\.%d+\.%d+'
 }
 
+M.network_cl_wifiboxid = {
+	default = 'Doodle3D-%%MAC_ADDR_TAIL%%',
+	type = 'string',
+	description = 'Client mode WiFi box id',
+	min = 1,
+	max = 32
+}
+
 M.printer_type = {
 	default = 'ultimaker',
 	type = 'string',
diff --git a/src/main.lua b/src/main.lua
index 709cc1b..144c8fb 100644
--- a/src/main.lua
+++ b/src/main.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ local wifi = require('network.wlanconfig')
 local netconf = require('network.netconfig')
 local RequestClass = require('rest.request')
 local ResponseClass = require('rest.response')
+local Signin = require('network.signin')
 
 local postData = nil
 
@@ -172,6 +173,19 @@ local function main(environment)
 		else
 			log:error("autowifi setup failed (" .. msg .. ")")
 		end
+	elseif rq:getRequestMethod() == 'CMDLINE' and rq:get('signin') ~= nil then
+		log:info("running in signin mode")
+		
+		local ds = wifi.getDeviceState()
+		if ds.mode == "sta" then 
+			local rv,msg = Signin.signin()
+		end
+		
+		--[[if rv then
+			log:info("autowifi setup done (" .. msg .. ")")
+		else
+			log:error("autowifi setup failed (" .. msg .. ")")
+		end]]--
 	elseif rq:getRequestMethod() ~= 'CMDLINE' or confDefaults.DEBUG_API then
 	--	log:info("received request of type " .. rq:getRequestMethod() .. " for " .. (rq:getRequestedApiModule() or "<unknown>")
 	--			.. "/" .. (rq:getRealApiFunctionName() or "<unknown>") .. " with arguments: " .. util.dump(rq:getAll()))
diff --git a/src/network/signin.lua b/src/network/signin.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c7e71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/signin.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+local log = require('util.logger')
+local utils = require('util.utils')
+local uci = require('uci').cursor()
+local iwinfo = require('iwinfo')
+local settings = require('util.settings')
+local wifi = require("network.wlanconfig")
+
+local M = {}
+
+--- Signin to connect.doodle3d.com server
+-- 
+function M.signin()
+	local baseurl = "http://connect.doodle3d.com/signin.php"
+	
+	local localip = wifi.getLocalIP();
+	if localip == nil then
+		log:error("signin failed no local ip found")
+		return false
+	end
+	
+	local wifiboxid = wifi.getSubstitutedSsid(settings.get('network.cl.wifiboxid'))
+	
+	local cmd = "wget -q -O - "..baseurl.."?wifiboxid="..wifiboxid.."\\&localip="..localip;
+	local output = utils.captureCommandOutput(cmd);
+	log:info("signin: "..output)
+	
+	return string.len(output) > 0
+end
+
+return M
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/network/wlanconfig.lua b/src/network/wlanconfig.lua
index 8638b31..eab892a 100644
--- a/src/network/wlanconfig.lua
+++ b/src/network/wlanconfig.lua
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ function M.getMacAddress()
 	return out:upper()
 end
 
+--returns the wireless local ip address
+function M.getLocalIP()
+	local ifconfig, rv = utils.captureCommandOutput("ifconfig wlan0");
+	local localip = ifconfig:match('inet addr:([%d\.]+)')
+	return localip;
+end
+
 function M.getDeviceName()
 	return deviceName
 end
diff --git a/src/rest/api/api_config.lua b/src/rest/api/api_config.lua
index e127c99..304a689 100644
--- a/src/rest/api/api_config.lua
+++ b/src/rest/api/api_config.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 local log = require('util.logger')
 local settings = require('util.settings')
 local printer = require('util.printer')
+local signin = require('network.signin')
 
 local M = {
 	isApi = true
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ function M._global_POST(request, response)
 		else response:addData(k, "could not set key ('" .. m .. "')")
 		end
 	end
+	
+	log:info("API:Network:try signing in")
+  	signin.signin();
+  	log:info("API:Network:signed in")
 end
 
 function M.all_GET(request, response)
diff --git a/src/rest/api/api_network.lua b/src/rest/api/api_network.lua
index 13caaa2..e2b5936 100644
--- a/src/rest/api/api_network.lua
+++ b/src/rest/api/api_network.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+local log = require('util.logger')
 local settings = require('util.settings')
 local utils = require('util.utils')
 local netconf = require('network.netconfig')
 local wifi = require('network.wlanconfig')
 local ResponseClass = require('rest.response')
+local signin = require('network.signin')
 
 local M = {
 	isApi = true
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ function M.status(request, response)
 	response:addData("signal", ds.signal)
 	response:addData("noise", ds.noise)
 	if withRaw then response:addData("_raw", utils.dump(ds)) end
+	
+	local localip = wifi.getLocalIP()
+	response:addData("localip", localip)
 end
 
 --requires ssid(string), accepts phrase(string), recreate(bool)
@@ -105,10 +110,12 @@ function M.associate_POST(request, response)
 		return
 	end
 
-  local associate = function()
-  	local rv,msg = netconf.associateSsid(argSsid, argPhrase, argRecreate)
+  	local associate = function()
+  		local rv,msg = netconf.associateSsid(argSsid, argPhrase, argRecreate)
 	end
-  response:addPostResponseFunction(associate)
+  	response:addPostResponseFunction(associate)
+	
+	
 
   --[[local helloA = function()
   	local log = require('util.logger')
@@ -169,4 +176,15 @@ function M.remove_POST(request, response)
 	end
 end
 
+function M.signin(request, response)
+	log:info("API:Network:signin")
+	if signin.signin() then
+  		log:info("API:Network:signed in")
+  		response:setSuccess("API:Network:signed in")
+	else 
+		log:info("API:Network:Signing in failed")
+		response:setError("Signing in failed")
+	end
+end
+
 return M
diff --git a/src/rest/api/api_system.lua b/src/rest/api/api_system.lua
index 27304d3..6a9d8de 100644
--- a/src/rest/api/api_system.lua
+++ b/src/rest/api/api_system.lua
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
+local utils = require('util.utils')
+
 local M = {
 	isApi = true
 }
 
-
--- TODO: this function has been duplicated from test/test_wlanconfig.lua
-local function captureCommandOutput(cmd)
-	local f = assert(io.popen(cmd, 'r'))
-	local output = assert(f:read('*all'))
-	--TODO: test if this works to obtain the return code (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7607384/getting-return-status-and-program-output)
-	--local rv = assert(f:close())
-	--return output,rv[3]
-	return output
-end
-
 function M._global(request, response)
 	response:setSuccess()
 end
@@ -24,13 +15,13 @@ function M.fwversions(request, response)
 	
 	response:setSuccess()
 	
-	output = captureCommandOutput(opkg .. ' list-installed wifibox')
+	output = utils.captureCommandOutput(opkg .. ' list-installed wifibox')
 	local version = output:match('^wifibox %- (.*)\n$')
 	response:addData('current', version)
 	
 	rv = os.execute(opkg .. ' update >/dev/null')
 	if rv == 0 then
-		output = captureCommandOutput(opkg .. ' list wifibox')
+		output = utils.captureCommandOutput(opkg .. ' list wifibox')
 		local versions = {}
 		for v in output:gmatch('wifibox %- (%d+\.%d+\.%d+%-%d+) %- ') do
 			versions[#versions+1] = v
diff --git a/src/rest/request.lua b/src/rest/request.lua
index 3e86f4c..1d610b2 100644
--- a/src/rest/request.lua
+++ b/src/rest/request.lua
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function M.new(environment, postData, debugEnabled)
 	self.pathArgs = arrayFromPath(environment['PATH_INFO'])
 
 	-- override path arguments with command line parameter and allow to emulate GET/POST if debugging is enabled *and* if the autowifi special command wasn't mentioned
-	if debugEnabled and self.requestMethod == 'CMDLINE' and self:get('autowifi') == nil then
+	if debugEnabled and self.requestMethod == 'CMDLINE' and self:get('autowifi') == nil and self:get('signin') == nil then
 		self.pathArgs = arrayFromPath(self.cmdLineArgs['p'])
 
 		if self.cmdLineArgs['r'] == 'GET' or self.cmdLineArgs['r'] == nil then
diff --git a/src/script/signin.sh b/src/script/signin.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7552f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/script/signin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+sleep 5s
+while true; do 
+	/usr/share/lua/wifibox/script/d3dapi signin > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+	
+	sleep 1h
+done
diff --git a/src/script/wifibox_init b/src/script/wifibox_init
index 46d43e9..d1b7b78 100755
--- a/src/script/wifibox_init
+++ b/src/script/wifibox_init
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ LOGGER="logger -s -t autowifi -p 6"
 boot() {
 	$LOGGER "Invoking Doodle3D WiFi box network auto-initialization..."
 	/usr/share/lua/wifibox/script/d3dapi autowifi
+	
+	$LOGGER "Start signing in..."
+	/usr/share/lua/wifibox/script/signin.sh > /dev/null 2> /dev/null &
 }
 
 #start() {
@@ -16,4 +19,4 @@ boot() {
 
 #stop() {
 #	$LOGGER "dummy stop"
-#}
+#}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/urlcode.lua b/src/util/urlcode.lua
index 6aa6921..c0bc529 100644
--- a/src/util/urlcode.lua
+++ b/src/util/urlcode.lua
@@ -97,20 +97,31 @@ end
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function _M.parsequeryNoRegex (query, args)
 	if type(query) == "string" then
+		local log = require('util.logger')
+		local util = require('util.utils')
+		log:info("parsequeryNoRegex")
+		--log:info("  query: " .. util.dump(query))
+		--log:info("  args: " .. util.dump(args))
+		
 		local insertfield, unescape = _M.insertfield, _M.unescape
 
 		local k = 1
 		while true do
 			local v = query:find('=', k+1, true) -- look for '=', assuming a key of at least 1 character and do not perform pattern matching
+			--log:info("  v: " .. util.dump(v))
 			if not v then break end -- no k/v pairs left
 
 			local key = query:sub(k, v-1)
+			log:info("  key: " .. util.dump(key))
 			v = v + 1
+			--log:info("  >v: " .. util.dump(v))
 			local ampersand = query:find('&', v, true)
+			--log:info("  ampersand: " .. util.dump(ampersand))
 			if not ampersand then ampersand = 0 end -- 0 will become -1 in the substring call below...meaning end of string
 
 			
 			local value = query:sub(v, ampersand - 1)
+			--log:info("  value: " .. util.dump(value))
 			insertfield (args, unescape(key), unescape(value))
 
 			if ampersand == 0 then break end -- we couldn't find any ampersands anymore so this was the last k/v
diff --git a/src/util/utils.lua b/src/util/utils.lua
index 32dd1ef..674794a 100644
--- a/src/util/utils.lua
+++ b/src/util/utils.lua
@@ -103,4 +103,12 @@ function M.readFile(filePath)
 	return res
 end
 
+-- TODO: this function has been duplicated from rest/api/api_system.lua
+function M.captureCommandOutput(cmd)
+	local f = assert(io.popen(cmd, 'r'))
+	local output = assert(f:read('*all'))
+	f:close()
+	return output;
+end
+
 return M