Comment 4 for bug 529553

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cfr (reescf) wrote :

I think my issue is related. The only difference is that in my case, wicd insists on connecting to the weaker signal. Even if I disconnect and manually select the stronger one, it connects to the weaker, more distant point.

What it seems to be doing is connecting to the main access point and refusing to connect to the secondary one which was set up because the signal from the main access point is relatively weak upstairs. So even though I am sitting right next to the booster point (100% strength), wicd insists on connecting directly to the primary access point downstairs (35%).

Both points are configured identically in the wicd preferences, with the option to use the same settings for all points which share the same essid checked.

I'm not sure if this is a regression as I don't think I saw this with earlier versions of wicd but I have also changed linux distro and hardware so it is hard to tell.

The problematic case for me involves a laptop with Intel Centrino 1000 wireless using iwlagn and wicd 1.7.0-13 in arch linux 3.1.5-1.

I would be happy to provide further information if that would be helpful.