Re: Connecton on APs with weak signal quality

[Aloisio <aloisiojr gmail com>]

On 11/6/06, Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com> wrote:
> On 11/6/06, Aloisio <aloisiojr gmail com> wrote:
> > Oooww
> >
> > Anybody know answers to some of these questions ??? I use nm is these
> > conditions in most part of time...
> >
>
> Network Manager attempts to associate and if it fails to do so in the
> timeout period it does not try again.  If the signal is so weak that
> connecting is tough then it is doubtful that NM could keep the
> connection up.   It might be an interesting feature request to create
> a "Keep trying" option but I can't imagine it being of much use, if
> you have such a problem connecting you will probably have a hard time
> maintaining a connection.

OK, this "keep trying" would simulate what wpasupplicant do... I think
that maybe this could be a behaviour instead of a option. If it's not
connect in anywhere and there are known SSID (and hidden SSID) in scan
list, nm could keep trying to connect to preferred network... just a
suggestion... Maybe not useful to most people, but...

> If the issue is that NM is just timing out before the connection is
> made then we can help you increase that timeout in the source by
> yourself.

Yes, could solve my problem. I will increase this timeout and include
the "keep try" option. Any directions?

Thanks
Aloisio