Re: managing preferred networks

2005-08-12 Thread Derek Atkins
I think a "manage prefered networks" dialog would be a good idea. This way you could even order them and create a priority within the preferred list. E.g., I always prefer "foo-a" over "foo" (I have two networks at home) because I prefer 802.11(a) over 802.11(b/g). -derek PS: On a related note:

Re: managing preferred networks

2005-08-11 Thread Colin Walters
Maybe another alternative is a dialog like "You just changed network N times in N minutes; do you want the following networks to be preferred? [I Collect Preferred Networks As A Hobby] [Screw Them]". signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

managing preferred networks

2005-08-11 Thread Colin Walters
So a while back apparently Comcast was down in my area, but I didn't know that, so I kept trying a bunch of different wireless networks instead of the one I normally use. I successfully associated with most of them, but of course internet access didn't work (so I then tried another, until I figure