On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 12:50 -0400, Aaron New wrote: > On 6/6/06, Darren Albers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am a bit confused, on my system Network-Manager never > automatically > >connects to a network unless I connect to it first. So if there is > an > >open wireless network that you don't want to connect to it should > >never connect to it unless you connected at least once. > > I filch a neighbor's wireless G signal, but when that is down I use my > roommate's wireless B router. I think NMI wants to connect to the B > router (in the next room) because the signal is stronger, however the > transfer rates I get from the G router (three floors above) are 10-50X > faster.
NM doesn't use signal strength at this time because most signal strength reporting under Linux is crap; blame drivers :) Maybe in 2007 we can actually start relying on this, as the situation _is_ getting better. But NM uses a timestamp for which AP to connect to, and it picks the one you last successfully connected to. Dan > >To stop this delete the network under ~/.gconf/system/networking > /wireless/networks. > > Thanks. > > >I know that deleting it there is not the most user friendly solution > >to deleting profiles but it does work... > > Y'all are user-friendly enough. Thanks for developing this > application. > > Best, > Aaron > > On 6/6/06, Darren Albers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: Re: stop NMI from automatic router switching > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I am a bit confused, on my system Network-Manager never > automatically > connects to a network unless I connect to it first. So if > there is an > open wireless network that you don't want to connect to it > should > never connect to it unless you connected at least once. To > stop this > delete the network under > ~/.gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks. > > I know that deleting it there is not the most user friendly > solution > to deleting profiles but it does work... There should be an > easier > way to handle profiles but I think that is coming. > > So Network Manager will always attempt to connect to a network > you > have already connected to, this causes a couple of problems: > 1) Priority, how do you prioritize which SSID to connect > to. Though > this is a pretty minor problem for the majority of users. > 2) How do you set certain AP's as only connect when explicitly > told to. > > The workaround is to delete the network and if you ever have > to use > that network again make sure you delete it when you are done > with it > so it does not auto reconnect later. > > **Disclaimer: What I have written above is the behavior I see > and > could be completely incorrect! ;) > > On 6/6/06, Russell Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How hard would it be to right click on a network and have it > show a menu > > "Always connect to this network" / "Never connect to this > network"? I'm > > pretty sure someone has suggested this or something like it > before. The > > arguments against it get weaker every time someone new > asks. Its clearly a > > needed feature the real question is what is the most > intuitive way to > > implement it. > > > > > > On 6/5/06, Aaron New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > NetworkManagerInfo keeps swritching to a wireless router > that I do not > > want to be using. When I specify the preferable router, NMI > will swirtch > > briefly, but will immediately revert back to the original > router. I would > > appreciate any tips on how to prevent NMI from doing > this. If I am > > overlooking a simple solution, I apologize in advance for > asking a boring > > newbie question. > > > Cheers, > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
