On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 10:15:43PM -0800, Chris Cortopassi wrote: > When scan_results returns multiple rows with the same SSID but > different BSSIDs, how does wpa_supplicant select which BSSID to connect > to? > > Does it choose the strongest signal level? > > Does it iterate through each BSSID until one succeeds? > > Is there any way to control this process? All that depends on what type of driver is used.. Some drivers take care of BSS selection internally and wpa_supplicant does not really get involved with that. Other drivers allow some input from wpa_supplicant or fully leave this to wpa_supplicant control. When wpa_supplicant selects a suitable BSS to connect to, it estimates possible throughput through each viable option and picks the one with the highest estimated throughput. This can also be fine-tuned based on available security level. Failed connection attempts results in temporary blocking of a BSS and this results in iteration over other possible options. There might be some driver-specific configuration options for some drivers to control some details of the process. For wpa_supplicant, there are some configuration parameters like bssid that do have an impact to this, but most of the changes would likely need source code modification. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
