[qtmoko] Wifi different locations
Hi, I'm struggling a bit with qtmoko and Wifi configs, maybe because I'm new to qtmoko and more used to use FreeBSD systems; I'd like to configure a small set of Wifi zones (where I'm normaly in); in FreeBSD I just expand the file /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf with the required values about WPA-PSK, PSK, etc. and all is fine; my netbook picks up the best of each location when I start Wifi there; and I do not have to enter anything when I go from location A to B; How do I do this in qtmoko? I could finaly manage to configure my own AP at home, say location A; where I could see around 8 other neighbour AP which I'm not interested in to connect; then I moved to location B and the FR offered me the 8 AP of location A (which of course are not visible due to the distance between A and B), and in addition around 8 AP of location B; I could not manage to pick-up the correct AP by its SSID, maybe due to the long list; and had to remove all config Internet and start from scratch for location B; this is soemhow boring. Is there an easy config file to pick-up only the AP's I do know (in the sense of credentials)? Or do I do something stupid wrong? matthias -- Sent from my FreeBSD netbook Matthias Apitz, g...@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ f: +49-170-4527211 UNIX since V7 on PDP-11, UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2, FreeBSD since 2.2.5 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [qtmoko] Wifi different locations
Am 03.03.2014 12:46, schrieb Matthias Apitz: Hi, I'm struggling a bit with qtmoko and Wifi configs, maybe because I'm new to qtmoko and more used to use FreeBSD systems; I'd like to configure a small set of Wifi zones (where I'm normaly in); in FreeBSD I just expand the file /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf with the required values about WPA-PSK, PSK, etc. and all is fine; my netbook picks up the best of each location when I start Wifi there; and I do not have to enter anything when I go from location A to B; How do I do this in qtmoko? I could finaly manage to configure my own AP at home, say location A; where I could see around 8 other neighbour AP which I'm not interested in to connect; then I moved to location B and the FR offered me the 8 AP of location A (which of course are not visible due to the distance between A and B), and in addition around 8 AP of location B; I could not manage to pick-up the correct AP by its SSID, maybe due to the long list; and had to remove all config Internet and start from scratch for location B; this is soemhow boring. Is there an easy config file to pick-up only the AP's I do know (in the sense of credentials)? Or do I do something stupid wrong? matthias Hi, take a look at Settings- Internet-WLAN-Properties-WLAN Roaming. There You can setup the order of used WLAN's and if You like to stay connected and so on -- Kind regards Sebastian Reinhardt ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [qtmoko] Wifi different locations
On Monday 03 March 2014 12:46:20 Matthias Apitz wrote: I could finaly manage to configure my own AP at home, say location A; where I could see around 8 other neighbour AP (...) I could not manage to pick-up the correct AP by its SSID, maybe due to the long list; and had to remove all config Internet and start from scratch for location B; this is soemhow boring. Is there an easy config file to pick-up only the AP's I do know (in the sense of credentials)? Or do I do something stupid wrong? I'm not quite sure about the 'right' way to do it. I do remember that QtMoko used to help by shuffling the strongest signal up to the top of the list. The unfortunate bit was that it continued to do so while the user entered credentials, and then applied the credentials to the then topmost entry, whichever that would be at that moment. Result: mostly no connection, because the connection that you entered credentials for tumbled down two or three places for a second or so. Radek (I guess/presume) therefor turned off the dynamic rearrangement of the visible-networks-list, cautioning that people in more than one network would suffer what you just described. I tried adding another network preset (on the 'main' internet tab, one more WLAN configuration), but that one does not scan/connect at all. Sorry for not being of any more help. Best regards, Boudewijn ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [qtmoko] Wifi different locations
El día Wednesday, March 05, 2014 a las 09:29:55PM +0100, Boudewijn escribió: I'm not quite sure about the 'right' way to do it. I do remember that QtMoko used to help by shuffling the strongest signal up to the top of the list. The unfortunate bit was that it continued to do so while the user entered credentials, and then applied the credentials to the then topmost entry, whichever that would be at that moment. Result: mostly no connection, because the connection that you entered credentials for tumbled down two or three places for a second or so. In my case it was that the AP in location B was visible in the list of all APs after scan, but when I tried to configure it (i.e. put its credentials) I could not see it in the list of the APs to configure credentials, maybe due to the length of the list. Radek (I guess/presume) therefor turned off the dynamic rearrangement of the visible-networks-list, cautioning that people in more than one network would suffer what you just described. I tried adding another network preset (on the 'main' internet tab, one more WLAN configuration), but that one does not scan/connect at all. Me too, with same result: adding a 2nd WLAN config does not let you do anything with this. Thanks for your feedback in any case. matthias -- Sent from my FreeBSD netbook Matthias Apitz, g...@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ f: +49-170-4527211 UNIX since V7 on PDP-11, UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2, FreeBSD since 2.2.5 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
