@faenil, by the WiFi standards, APs with the same SSID and same authentication method *are the same network*.
Is is unfortunate that some devices models use the same SSID instead of customizing the name per device. Interestingly, NM uses a hard-coded list to identify these networks and avoid automatic roaming between APs with same SSID, see https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/src/devices/wifi /nm-device-wifi.c#n723 (it would be worth to propose a patch with new entries to this list for the cases you mention, adding "iPhone" to the list is probably a good idea). Having "Ubuntu" as default name in all phone devices is actually a bug and I will fill one for indicator-network. IMHO this sort of bugs shows some gaps in the WiFi standards that make it difficult to solve them without side effects. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1478319 Title: Wifi doesn't reconnect to AP if it uses the same SSID than another AP To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1478319/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
