How select the access point manually in a wireless network?
 

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 05:34:34PM -0700, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> Hi people, I work with my laptop and use a wireless conection in an
> enterprise network. When I go to other floor, the wireless access
> point change automatically. I can see this change using the command
> "iwconfig". Is there any way to select the access point of the
> network manually?

man iwconfig

iwconfig <interface> ap <address of access point>

A

How select the access point manually in a wireless network?
 

It doesn't worksI try this in a place when I have signal of booth access pointsI*attached*the the console screen:
(when I'm in the first floor)[root@rocha-ar /]# iwconfig eth1eth1 * * *IEEE 802.11abgn *ESSID:"TCORP" *Nickname:""* * * * * Mode:Managed
*Frequency:2.447 GHz *Access Point: 00:3A:99:0C:27:30 *** * * * * Bit Rate=11 Mb/s * Tx-Power:24 dBm *** * * * * Retry min limit:7 * RTS thr:off * Fragment thr:off* * * * * Power Managementmode:All packets received* * * * * Link Quality=3/5 *Signal level=-69 dBm *Noise level=-82 dBm* * * * * Rx invalid nwid:0 *Rx invalid crypt:42 *Rx invalid frag:0* * * * * Tx excessive retries:71 *Invalid misc:0 * Missed beacon:0(in the second)[root@rocha-ar /]# iwconfig eth1eth1 * * *IEEE 802.11abgn *ESSID:"TCORP" *Nickname:""* * * * * Mode:Managed *Frequency:2.417 GHz
*Access Point: 00:22:0C:94:CD:10 *** * * * * Bit Rate=11 Mb/s * Tx-Power:24 dBm *** * * * * Retry min limit:7 * RTS thr:off * Fragment thr:off* * * * * Power Managementmode:All packets received* * * * * Link Quality=5/5 *Signal level=-52 dBm *Noise level=-82 dBm* * * * * Rx invalid nwid:0 *Rx invalid crypt:45 *Rx invalid frag:0* * * * * Tx excessive retries:85 *Invalid misc:0 * Missed beacon:0(and I try this in the middle)[root@rocha-ar /]# iwconfig eth1 ap 00:3A:99:0C:27:30[root@rocha-ar /]# iwconfig
eth1eth1 * * *IEEE 802.11abgn *ESSID:"TCORP" *Nickname:""* * * * * Mode:Managed *Frequency:2.417 GHz *Access Point: 00:22:0C:94:CD:10 *** * * * * Bit Rate=36 Mb/s * Tx-Power:24 dBm *** * * * * Retry min limit:7 * RTS thr:off * Fragment thr:off* * * * * Power Managementmode:All packets received* * * * * Link Quality=4/5 *Signal level=-65 dBm *Noise level=-89 dBm* * * * * Rx invalid nwid:0 *Rx invalid crypt:45 *Rx invalid frag:0* * * * * Tx excessive retries:86 *Invalid misc:0 * Missed beacon:0
The access point doesn't changeDe: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@swclan.homelinux.org>
Para: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Enviado: martes, 14 de junio de 2011 23:24
Asunto: Re: How select the access point manually in a wireless network?

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 05:34:34PM -0700, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> Hi people, I work with my laptop and use a wireless conection in an
> enterprise network. When I go to other floor, the wireless access
> point change automatically. I can see this change using the command
> "iwconfig". Is there any way to select the access point of the
> network manually?

man iwconfig

iwconfig <interface> ap <address of access point>

A

How select the access point manually in a wireless network?
 

On Wed 15 Jun 2011 at 05:44:17 -0700, Adrian Rocha wrote:

> It doesn't works

>From the iwconfig manual:

ap
Force the card to register to the Access Point given by the address,
if it is possible. When the quality of the connection goes too low,
the driver may revert back to automatic mode (the card finds the
best Access Point in range).

It may not be possible if the connection quality is too low. What does
'iwpriv scan' say when you are in the middle?

You could try setting the freq/channel before the ap.


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How select the access point manually in a wireless network?
 

On 06/14/2011 08:34 PM, Adrian Rocha wrote:

Hi people, I work with my laptop and use a wireless conection in an enterprise network. When I go to other floor, the wireless access point change automatically. I can see this change using the command "iwconfig". Is there any way to select the access point of the network manually?



Read Chapter 5 of the debian-reference package.

HTH

Wayne


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