Network manager should connect to access point with strongest signal

Bug #1372172 reported by To Do
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This bug affects 11 people
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network-manager (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

I work in an office with a number of access points and I work in different offices. Depending on the room I'm in the access point with the strongest signal is not the same.

What you expected to happen:
Network Manager should try to connect to the stored wifi network with the strongest signal and not follow the list blindly.

What happened instead:
When I put my laptop on sleep and go to another office, Network Manager tries to connect to the first network that was added instead of the one with the strongest signal.

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Maybe one could check how Android manages Wifi connection and copy its code (it's a linux OS), because Android seems to connect to the strongest signal instead.

Using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64 bit.
network-manager version: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Daniel (spam--ubuntu) wrote :

bump

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vVict0rx (111wiktor) wrote :

same issue for me. Wicd is the only alternative, but it is out of development, and not always compatible.

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