Wifi networks should be ordered by strength, with connected at top

[Nick Dedekind]

Order by signal strength
Connected network at top.
Maximum of 5 connections (in indicators)

[Selene ToyKeeper (toykeeper)]

I confirmed this on Utopic 166. Access points are currently listed in alphabetic order, which means the one I want is usually not even on the first page unless I go outside of the city or change the access point to be called "000 Something".

It should sort access points by signal strength instead, with the strongest signals at the top. That way, whatever is closest will generally show up first.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

It's true that the currently connected network, if any, should be at the top. But the others should not be sorted by strength, because that would often result in networks of similar strength shuffling around in the list -- which would sometimes lead you to tap the wrong one. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#wi-fi-network>

If the network you want is "usually not even on the first page", that suggests that the list isn't being shortened to the six most likely networks like it should be. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#wi-fi-menu>

I don't know what "Maximum of 5 connections" means.

[Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki)]

This is about the indicator, not system-settings. the number of access points shown in the indicator should be limited to max 5.

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

related bug 1331753 - "Network manager caches previously seen access points too long"

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Antti, I didn't say anything about System Settings. But since you mention it, it probably isn't a good idea to spend time on making the indicator inconsistent with System Settings, especially when the indicator probably will be retired soon.