Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #111502
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 111502

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Dave Kristol (dmk-launchpad) wrote :

[Ubuntu Hardy]

My home WiFi network comprises two access points. One of them broadcasts its SSID (only because it has no provision to turn that off) and the other does not. I have used Network Manager to configure a static IP address for my laptop. "iwlist scan" seems to be erratic as to which of the APs it sees, if any, even when iwconfig shows I'm connected to an access point, and even when I'm sitting right next to one of the APs.

I expect to be able to roam between the APs, but that does not seem to work. When I move around the house, my connection seems to stay associated, or tries to stay associated, with the access point I first connected to when I resume the laptop from suspend. If I move from near one AP to the other, and the signal strength shifts, the system does not change its association. If I move out of range of the first AP but well within range of the second, the system still does not assocate with the second one.

If I'm sitting next to the non-broadcasting AP and do "ifdown wlan0;ifup wlan0", the system does not pick up the closer (and stronger) AP.

I have to add that Fedora Core 6 handled these transitions quite nicely (albeit with a different laptop).