On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 03:36 -0400, Pavel Simerda wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Matthieu Baerts" <matt...@gmail.com> > > To: "networkmanager-list" <networkmanager-list@gnome.org> > > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 6:23:03 PM > > Subject: WiFi: Problem with Entreprise networks (with multiple routers) > > > > Hello, > > > > Firstly, thank you for developing and maintaining NetworkManager! > > > > I'm using NetworkManager on my campus' WiFi (WPA2 Enterprise with PEAP > > and MSCHAPv2) and I've a problem only with this network: after a few > > time, I'm disconnected or I'm still connected but I can no longer ping a > > random server. > > > > Note I'm not the only one which is using NM and which has this problem. > > I don't have any other OS on my computer but it seems there are less > > problem when using another OS (e.g. MacOSX) or another network manager > > (e.g. Wicd). > > > > I suspect that NM often switches from a router to another one (there are > > always a few WiFi routers around me with the same name and using the > > same network) and my drivers, my WiFi card and/or the routers/network > > don't support that. > > It's more about multiple access points than multiple routers, then? > > > If I'm just next to a router (when the signal level is ~100%), it seems > > that I don't have this problem. > > Also, I think that my WiFi driver doesn't detect very well the > > quality/signal level of non connected routers (many routers have a > > signal level of 100% even if they are not next to me). > > > > Is there a way to configure NM to be "less aggressive" when switching > > between routers? (e.g. only switch if we're about to be disconnected and > > not just to have the router with the higher signal level?) > > Or an option to just disable this feature? > > (I didn't find any option about that, sorry if I miss something!) > > Sounds more like wpa_supplicant or the driver. You'd have to know what > exactly you expect from NetworkManager, i.e. how exactly its communication to > wpa_supplicant differs from that of Wicd. I'm not a Wi-Fi guru, though.
This problem is most definitely a supplicant issue. The supplicant roams too aggressively, even if the currently associated access point has a very good signal. We've patched that in Fedora, but as you indicate, your kernel wifi driver is also not working correctly when reporting signal strength. Dan _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
