On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:45:07 +1030 Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2023-01-27 at 13:57 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > Home network has two wi-fi sources (Starlink and Netgear, fwiw). > > Occasionally NetworkManager switches betwee primary (Starlink) and > > secondary (Netgear) . I'm assuming that NetworkManager is trying to > > connect to the strongest signal. Is there any way to tell > > NetworkManager not to switch networks? > > My experience is that once connected, it stays connected unless signal > is lost. It doesn't decide to find a better access point while you're > connected to an access point. > > If you're getting drop-outs, you may want to see if you can shift the > position of your access points. > > If you want it to always try a particular network first, go into your > Network Manager settings, and set a higher "connection priority" for > your preferred network. > > This, of course, presumes that you have two configurations, one for > each access point. > > If you have just one network configuration, and you've got both your > access points using the same ID names, same channels, etc., hoping > that strongest wins, then you really are going to have to play with > the positioning of your access point and where you are while trying > to use it. > > However, there's more to it than that. The SSID you set as your WiFi > network name in your WiFi router is just one of its names. There's > another one, that you don't get to twiddle with, that lets your > computers actually tell them apart. > > What typically happens with people trying to get their device to > automatically shift to the nearest/best access point without doing > anything, while they roam around, is the device steadfastly tries to > stay connected to the one they initially connected to, even when the > network becomes a notwork, and they have to manually disconnect and > reconnect. > > If you want a WiFi mesh, you nearly always have to buy the mesh > devices that are designed to work that way. > Ah! Nice explanation. Thanks. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
