Re: Too much roaming!

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 14:51 -0800, Rob Frohne wrote:
> 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:

The driver/firmware controls roaming, so there isn't too much that NM
can do here...

Dan


> 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