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. 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). Multiple APs with the same SSID are considered to be part of the same network (multi-cell single logical network) and a client can roam between them without resetting connections. (This is also why having two APs named 'linksys' w/in range of eachother will lead to nothing but misery, as laptops hop between them thinking it's the same logical network). If you set up your wifi to support roaming, it should encourage the laptop to shift to the better connection. Sometimes it will still be stupid, but it should help. Otherwise you'll just have to keep manually selecting the network you want to be near. -m --
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