Re: Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

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On 02/14/2011 10:47 AM, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 04:30:09PM +0000, mike cloaked wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:12 PM, John W. Linville<linville@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>
>>> Neither -- the driver (like all mac80211-based drivers) simply does
>>> not support that setting.  mac80211-based drivers are simple, and
>>> they don't do roaming by themselves.  Instead they rely on a userland
>>> component (e.g. wpa_supplicant) to take care of roaming for them.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, I don't know of any roaming "knobs" to turn for
>>> wpa_supplicant (or NetworkManager) -- maybe it would be nice to
>>> have one.  Even if it were there, I suspect that control of that
>>> "knob" would have to flow through NetworkManager if you are using it.
>>>
>>> John
>> Yes I eventually homed in on the reality that you just described.  I
>> was able to get an ipw2200 based laptop to roam nicely as the driver
>> did support the sens parameter - and it did switch over to another AP
>> when the signal from the first went near non-existent - which was what
>> I was after.  However it seems that using my netbook with an ath5k
>> driver based wireless internal simply won't be able to do it whatever
>> I do - is there anyone working to make mac80211 drivers more
>> sophisticated in the future?  Maybe roaming is not high on most user's
>> agenda?
> Obviously wireless users like to be able to roam.  I certainly do it
> around the house, etc.  Are you saying that your ath5k device somehow
> refuses to disconnect even after you are out of range of the old AP?
> That would be rather strange.
>
>> But the main, and separate, issue I have is with initial
>> selection of a weak AP signal when a strong one (with same ssid) seems
>> more logical - and I don't know if this is something that is within
>> the realm of the driver, the NM code or wpa_supplicant?
> Yes, I remember that thread.  I'm still not sure I understand why
> you care which AP you connect to, so long as the connection works.
> In any case, if you are using NetworkManager then the decision for
> which AP to use will lie somewhere between NM and wpa_supplicant.
> I'm sorry, but I don't know the details to go beyond that.
>
>> I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to know what is possible here.
>>
>> I would certainly appreciate knowing what is possible, and what
>> provides the limitations?
> The driver will only make an association when directed to do so from
> userland.  If you are using very basic tools (like iwconfig) then there
> is some minimal suppot in the kernel for scanning and finding an AP.
> If you use wpa_supplicant, it will control the scanning for APs and
> choosing one as it sees fit.  NetworkManager uses wpa_supplicant,
> but NM exerts some control over the wpa_supplicant configuration and
> I'm not fluent on those details.
>
> If a connection is lost, the kernel will make no effort to reconnect
> by itself.  If you are using iwconfig, you will need to trigger the
> reconnection manually.  wpa_supplicant will reconnect automatically,
> possibly to a new AP if the old one is no longer available.
>
> Hth...
>
> John
In my wpa_supplicant.conf, I specify the MAC address
of my router:
bssid=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff   for example.
so, does that not tell wpa_supplicant exactly which router to associate 
with?

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