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Re: How select the access point manually in a wireless network?



On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 04:28:18PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 15 Jun 2011 at 07:46:08 -0700, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> 
> > > It may not be possible if the connection quality is too low. What does
> > > 'iwpriv scan' say when you are in the middle?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Brian,
> > iwpriv scan? maybe you mean 'iwlist scan'
> 
> I do. Thanks.
> 
> > I can see booth access points in the list:
> 
> There is not too much difference between the Quality values for Cell 01
> and Cell 08.
> 
> > I try setting the freq/channel, but does not work
> > "iwconfig eth1 channel 2 freq 2.417G ap 00:3A:99:0C:27:30 commit"
> 
> Channel 2 is 00:22:0C:94:CD:10.
> 
> Perhaps the software which manages the wireless connection is a factor.
> What do you use?

this is a good point. to really figure out what is going on, make sure
you shutdown everything else that is trying to manage the connection
-- networkmanager, wicd, etc. 

Also, what does syslog show when you try to set the access point? 

A

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