Re: stop NMI from automatic router switching

["Aaron New" <aaronnewster gmail com>]

On 6/6/06, 
Darren Albers" <dalbers gmail com>  wrote:
>I am a bit confused, on my system Network-Manager never automatically
>connects to a network unless I connect to it first.  So if there is an
>open wireless network that you don't want to connect to it should
>never connect to it unless you connected at least once.

I
filch a neighbor's wireless G signal, but when that is down I use my
roommate's wireless B router.  I think NMI wants to connect to the B router (in the next room)
because the signal is stronger, however the transfer rates I get from
the G router (three floors above) are 10-50X faster.

>To stop this delete the network under ~/.gconf/system/networking

/wireless/networks.

Thanks.

>I know that deleting it there is not the most user friendly solution
>to deleting profiles but it does work...

Y'all are user-friendly enough.  Thanks for developing this application.

Best,
Aaron

On 6/6/06, Darren Albers" <dalbers gmail com>  wrote:

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I am a bit confused, on my system Network-Manager never automatically
connects to a network unless I connect to it first.  So if there is an
open wireless network that you don't want to connect to it should
never connect to it unless you connected at least once.  To stop this
delete the network under ~/.gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks.

I know that deleting it there is not the most user friendly solution
to deleting profiles but it does work...   There should be an easier
way to handle profiles but I think that is coming.

So Network Manager will always attempt to connect to a network you
have already connected to, this causes a couple of problems:
1) Priority, how do you prioritize which SSID to connect to.  Though
this is a pretty minor problem for the majority of users.
2) How do you set certain AP's as only connect when explicitly told to.

The workaround is to delete the network and if you ever have to use
that network again make sure you delete it when you are done with it
so it does not auto reconnect later.

**Disclaimer: What I have written above is the behavior I see and
could be completely incorrect!  ;)

On 6/6/06, Russell Harrison <rtlm10 gmail com> wrote:
> How hard would it be to right click on a network and have it show a menu
> "Always connect to this network" / "Never connect to this network"?  I'm
> pretty sure someone has suggested this or something like it before.  The
> arguments against it get weaker every time someone new asks.  Its clearly a
> needed feature the real question is what is the most intuitive way to
> implement it.
>
>
> On 6/5/06, Aaron New < aaronnewster gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > NetworkManagerInfo keeps swritching to a wireless router that I do not
> want to be using.  When I specify the preferable router, NMI will swirtch
> briefly, but will immediately revert back to the original router.   I would
> appreciate any tips on how to prevent NMI from doing this.  If I am
> overlooking a simple solution, I apologize in advance for asking a boring
> newbie question.
> > Cheers,
> > Aaron
> >
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