On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:46 PM, dragorn <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 03:21:06PM -0400, Jack Chastain wrote: > > Greetings > > > > Ubuntu 13.04, Wireless works just fine, save for one minor thing - It > > repeatedly selects the least desirable access point initially. > > > > I have two main Wifi access points - let's call them A and B. > > > > So - the issue is, when I start my system sitting right next to A, the > > system ALWAYS selects B as it's link. It works, but is considerably > weaker, > > so I would prefer to usually choose A. > > In general your system is going to try to stick to the most recently > working connection, out of an attempt to preserve connectivity; > connecting to a new SSID means a new network and resetting all your > connections. > That's the odd part. I don't move this system (much) - but every time, despite being on A when I suspend it, when I return to service, it once again selects B. Weird. I would have thought it would take the last one as well. It does this even if I shut it down and restart (which I am going to test right now!) (Yep- it picked B even though I have been on A all day.) > > You may want to set up your wifi differently, so that it actually > works as roaming. In this case you'd set each AP to the same SSID and > same encryption options, but diverse channels (ie 1 and 11, or 1, 6, > and 11, on 2.4ghz. On 5ghz just pick two channels that are > different). > Not entirely sure I have this ability with the little extender. I will look. > Otherwise you'll just have to keep manually selecting the network you > want to be near. Yeah - kind of committed to this now. Oh well - it isn't huge. Thanks! JC -- Google Voice: (914) 468-4552 ---------------------------------------- Prov. 12:15 Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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