It would be nice if opening the scan list triggered a rescan. In crowded AP areas, I often have problems getting connected. A contributing problem is that AP_SCAN always equals 1 if the ssid is in the scan list. A new scan is taken, my AP isn't there (usually), and it waits, scans again, and times-out. Shouldn't it rescan quicker and eventually try AP_SCAN=2 before the timeout? At least if I click "Connect to Other Wireless Network" and re-enter credentials I should get a directed scan, but if the ssid hasn't aged out of the drop-down list, it will still scan and look for an ssid match.
It looks like the scan list returns 15 APs, so in an area of 25-50 APs, a directed scan will often be required. -Robbo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek Atkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Limit on number of APs? Some way to force-rescan? > Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:35:16 -0400 > > > I'm sitting here in the IETF, and from where I sit I can hear at least > 15 Access Points, some A, some B/G. I get this number by manually > running "iwlist ath0 scan" and looking at the results. I see > "three" ESSIDS: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ iwlist ath0 scan | grep ESSID | sort -u > ESSID:"" > ESSID:"IETF66A" > ESSID:"IETF66B" > > However, nm-applet is only showing IETF66B, and wont let me connect to > IETF66A, even when I tell it to by "Connect to other wireless > network". > > Now, going back to my scan-list, the IETF66A network doesn't show > up until "Cell 10" in my scan list. Is there some limit to the > number of returns from a scan? Does NM stop looking after some > point? > > Right now I can't figure out how to tell it to connect to the A > network. I can see it's there, but NM doesn't see it. I've tried > restarting NM to no avail. I haven't tried rebooting, but honestly I > shouldn't have to. Is there some way to tell NM: "Hey, I know there's > more networks out there -- can you go look again right now?" > > Any suggestions of things to try? I suspect that my situation will > change in an hour when I move to another room. > > -derek > > PS: Why do I feel like I really stress test both Madwifi and NM all > the time with my personal usage patterns??? > > -- > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
