On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 07:58, Howard Chu <h...@symas.com> wrote: > @Kunal, > Yes, scanning is required to find a network to connect to, when you > initially have no connection at all. My point is that once you're > successfully associated to a network, automatic/background scanning should > stop. You don't need scanning to happen any more unless the environment > changes - either the AP is deactivated, or you're using a mobile computer > and you move to a different location. In most cases, people using wifi are > stationary for the majority of the time they're connected. >
Howard, you're right: in "most cases" but not always. Often in one place there is more than one WiFI network you can join (example: university campus). You may be forced to join your less-preferred-one in absence of the more-preferred, but you still you will want background scans to know when the more-preferred becomes accessible. Of course, once you're connected scans are much, much less important. But if NM would totally stop scanning, I would consider it a bug :) best regards, Piotr -- ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414560 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
