[Ubuntu Hardy]
My home WiFi network comprises two access points. One of them
broadcasts its SSID (only because it has no provision to turn that off)
and the other does not. I have used Network Manager to configure a
static IP address for my laptop. "iwlist scan" seems to be erratic as
to which of the APs it sees, if any, even when iwconfig shows I'm
connected to an access point, and even when I'm sitting right next to
one of the APs.
I expect to be able to roam between the APs, but that does not seem to
work. When I move around the house, my connection seems to stay
associated, or tries to stay associated, with the access point I first
connected to when I resume the laptop from suspend. If I move from near
one AP to the other, and the signal strength shifts, the system does not
change its association. If I move out of range of the first AP but well
within range of the second, the system still does not assocate with the
second one.
If I'm sitting next to the non-broadcasting AP and do "ifdown wlan0;ifup
wlan0", the system does not pick up the closer (and stronger) AP.
I have to add that Fedora Core 6 handled these transitions quite nicely
(albeit with a different laptop).
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network-manager unreliable with multiple APs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111502
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