[Bug 1395088] Re: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list
** Changed in: indicator-network (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395088 Title: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1395088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1395088] Re: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list
erm ... and with OTA-4 that just hit my phone this bug is actually fixed, my bq only shows one wlan and roams as expected ... (how embarrasing !) i guess we can close this bug as fix released ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395088 Title: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1395088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1395088] Re: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list
well, all i can say is that no OS in my house (and there are a few in use) shows me multiple entires for the multiple APs in range, i have exactly one entry for the whole of the network in all of them. *NONE* of the other OSes drops off the network if i go up and down the stairs where the tripping point for switching to another AP is ... if i go from my living room downstairs to my office upstairs, and have my ubuntu phone in my pocket it disconnects on the stairs ... if i open any network management app in any other OS (and even in ubuntu desktop) i see a single entry for my wlan in all of them ... on the phone i see one entry per AP ... all i'm asking for is that the phone behaves like any other OS (and yes i have an old android phone and checked it, there is exactly one entry for my WLAN in it) lets please not break behavior, thats all i'm asking for adding extra annoyances for the user (like disconnecting instead of switching APs, showing multiple entries with identical names you cant tell apart in the network list etc) *just because* isnt really nice IMHO. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395088 Title: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1395088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1395088] Re: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list
Alleging "you want to break roaming behavior" is unlikely to help solve whatever the problem is. Unfortunately -- as often happens when the word "should" appears in a bug summary -- the exact problem was left unstated. Is it: (A) That "APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption" are not treated by Network Manager as a single network with a shared password etc? If so, the information here doesn't substantiate the bug: your two APs have the same name but support *different* encryption options, unlike (for example) the set of identical APs you would find at a hotel or conference center. And even if the bug is valid, merely merging the entries in indicator-network probably would not solve the problem; it would need fixing in Network Manager. (B) Merely that the list in indicator-network is not "in sync" with the list in nm-applet, and the inconsistency is irritating? That would be more likely to be solved by finally shipping indicator-network on PCs than by changing indicator-network to match nm-applet. For example, maybe the evil-twin attack is intractable, but if it is tractable, defending against it will almost certainly mean listing networks even more differently from how they're listed in nm-applet. (C) "Roaming behavior", that having set Network Manager to connect to both APs automatically, it fails to connect to one after going out of range of the other? If so, that again is a Network Manager bug which probably would not be fixed by UI changes in indicator-network. Maybe the bug would happen even if the APs had different names; have you tried that? (D) That on your way to the basement or the second floor, you are "not knowing which one is the basement or the second floor AP" and so can't choose which one to connect to? That seems least likely to me, because merging the entries into one would prevent you from choosing one over the other at all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395088 Title: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1395088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1395088] Re: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list
so you want to break roaming behavior that works since more than a decade this way on all OSes ? WLANs with the same name and same encryption but multiple APs are a pretty standard thing, no OS i know distinguishes between the physical APs in such a setup (and Ubuntu desktop doesn't either today (and never did)) I would find it personally very annoying if i suddenly had multiple entries for my existing wlan show up on my laptop (not knowing which one is the basement or the second floor AP) and would suddenly have to manually pick the right AP while going up and down the stairs ... i dont get why we need to break established and "quasi stanrdard" behavior all of a sudden ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395088 Title: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1395088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1395088] Re: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list
This seems to be in conflict with bug 1258496, where we want to prominently distinguish networks that have the same name but differ in any way, on the grounds that one of them might be an impostor. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395088 Title: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1395088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1395088] Re: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list
** Changed in: indicator-network (Ubuntu) Assignee: Jussi Pakkanen (jpakkane) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395088 Title: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1395088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1395088] Re: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list
** Changed in: indicator-network (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: indicator-network (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: indicator-network (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Jussi Pakkanen (jpakkane) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395088 Title: APs with same SSID and support for the same encryption should be merged into one on the network list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1395088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
