Too much roaming!

[Rob Frohne <frohro wallawalla edu>]

Hi,

I am having trouble with my ipw2200 roaming all the time in certain
places.  It doesn't happen everywhere, but here at school, at certain
locations, like this classroom, it does this thing:

Nov 28 14:42:42 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289762.803838]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 to 00:0B:86:8B:05:A0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:42:46 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289766.803844]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8A:A7:20 to 00:0B:86:8B:05:A0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:42:56 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289776.803643]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8B:05:A0 to 00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:01 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289780.803701]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8A:A7:20 to 00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:08 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289788.803841]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 to 00:0B:86:8A:A7:20 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:10 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289790.803847]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:89:16:A0 to 00:0B:86:8A:A7:20 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:20 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289800.803815]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8A:A7:20 to 00:0B:86:D3:E8:A0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:22 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289802.803625]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8A:AA:A0 to 00:0B:86:8B:12:60 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:28 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289808.803644]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8A:A7:20 to 00:0B:86:8B:12:60 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:34 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289814.803848]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8B:12:60 to 00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:36 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289816.803632]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 to 00:0B:86:89:16:A0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:38 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289818.803926]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:89:16:A0 to 00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:44 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289824.803830]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:89:16:A0 to 00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:43:48 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289828.803865]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8A:A7:20 to 00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 
Nov 28 14:44:00 frohro-d600 NetworkManager: <debug> [1196289840.803858]
nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID
00:0B:86:8B:10:E0 to 00:0B:86:8A:A7:20 on wireless network
'WIREFREEWWU' 

There appear to be three base stations within the WIREFREEWWU network
that it keeps switching between.  The signal strengths vary from zero
bars to five bars.  I just would like it to stay with the  five bars.

Any ideas?

Rob
-- 
Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E., Professor
E. F. Cross School of Engineering
Walla Walla University
100 SW 4th Street
College Place, WA 99324

(509) 527-2075
http://www.wallawalla.edu/frohro