connects to far away access points since #83 mako & flo

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄]

For a few images now, on mako and flo my devices seem to cling onto access points which are far away rather than nearby ones.

At home I have two access points named such that I know which is which (popey_2.4_bed & popey_2.4_den).

When I boot up an Ubuntu device (phone/tablet) they always seem to attach to the far away access point and stay on it until I forcibly choose the other access point.

I notice this a lot because I find using the phone slow because it's using the 'bed' AP which is at the other end of the house and through a few walls, whereas the 'den' one is right next to me in the office.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu18
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-mako armv7l
ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: armhf
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw'
Date: Mon Jun 16 13:41:12 2014
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 # Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
 source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-16 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch) - armhf (20140616)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
 10.144.147.0/24 dev rmnet_usb0 proto kernel scope link src 10.144.147.88 metric 13
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.105 metric 9
PciNetwork:

SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.dbus.1.system.d.org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.conf: 2014-06-11T20:47:57
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 /ril_0 gsm connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.8.8 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

This still happens on latest image. Every time I boot I have to switch to a different access point to get a signal.

[Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
I can confirm that when using the package network manager on ubuntu touch utopic #193 using the steps provided by Alan that I can reproduce the bug. Therefore I have set this bug to confirmed.