![]() ![]() Then (in theory) they laptop would connect to the best AP and I could just look at the "Connection Information" screen to see which AP that I was connected to. There might be better method/scheme for connecting to a specific AP, but my scheme had an additional benefit: When I don't need to connect to a specif AP, I can save all of the Network Connections with the option to "Automatically connect to this network when it is available" selected. When I deleted the Network Connection for the AP that the laptop insisted on using, the laptop simply picked another Network Connection to get stuck on - rendering my "force a connection to a specific AP" scheme useless. Moving to another part of the building, just caused the laptop to pick another undesired, far away AP to connect to. The AP that the laptop insisted on connection to was insanely far away - with a Signal level of -89 dBm (per iwconfig). Disabling/enabling Networking did not help. The laptop insisted on connecting to an AP other than the one that I had just set to "Automatically connect to this network when it is available". This system worked for a few saved Network Connections, but as I added more - something went haywire. At any given time, none (or only one) Network Connection would have the option to "Automatically connect to this network when it is available" selected/saved. select "Automatically connect to this network when it is available"Īfter I was finished with the Network Connection of interest, I would edit/save it again with the option to "Automatically connect to this network when it is available" not selected. When I wanted to connect to a specific AP, I would. Within each saved Network Connection, the option to "Automatically connect to this network when it is available" was turned off (not selected). Network Connection 2 included the BSSID for AP 2 Network Connection 1 included the BSSID for AP 1 I thought that I had figured out how to force a connection to a specific AP by creating/saving multiple Network Connections. ![]() In my case, I would like to force a connection to a specific access point (AP) when there are many access points (APs) in range and all APs are using the same SSID. I have searched, but what I found dealt with connecting to a specific network (with one access point). ![]() I have only been using Linux for a few weeks. ![]()
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