Hi,
my machine keeps on connecting on my neighbour's wireless network instead of mine even if the signal is weaker. I always have to connect manually. Is there any way to set up a precedence for the network profiles? I've tried everything I could think of and googled around but to no avail.

Any ideas? I'm using Kubuntu 11.10.

Thanks
Leo

my guess

go to: network management -> manage connections -> wireless and the edit the connection(s) so that only your connection is set to "connect automatically"

google01103 wrote:my guess

go to: network management -> manage connections -> wireless and the edit the connection(s) so that only your connection is set to "connect automatically"

That would work if I never needed to access my neighbour's network. Actually I do because he's disabled (I hope this is the right word, he has trouble moving his arms) and I often bring my pc to his home to help him do his stuff (mostly writing). That's why I got his network password in the first place. I could connect by hand when I need it but it seems strange that the system just decides what to do without any chance of parametrization. On my old XP laptop it took a few clicks to set up everything.

Thanks for answering though.
Leo

confused - "That would work if I never needed to access my neighbor's network", if his network was not set to connect automatically you would just open the network widget and select your neighbors network from available connections to switch (as it would be pre configured). seems to me that if only one wireless network was automatic it would be the same as setting it as the default

From what I can tell, it seems that your Neighbour's network is set to connect automatically, but your home network is not. If you make your Home network is set to connect automatically, then it should connect to your home network instead.

google01103 wrote:confused - "That would work if I never needed to access my neighbor's network", if his network was not set to connect automatically you would just open the network widget and select your neighbors network from available connections to switch (as it would be pre configured). seems to me that if only one wireless network was automatic it would be the same as setting it as the default

bcooksley wrote:From what I can tell, it seems that your Neighbour's network is set to connect automatically, but your home network is not. If you make your Home network is set to connect automatically, then it should connect to your home network instead.

Sorry for my english. I'll try to be more clear. They're both set to "Connect automatically". What I would like to do is having the possibility to tell the system, like I did on my old XP laptop, "Network A takes precedence over Network B. Don't even think of connecting to Network B if A is available or, worse yet, switch to Network B all of a sudden when you feel like it."

My neighbour's router has a stronger signal than mine and weakly reaches my home whereas my router doesn't reach his. The above setup would resolve everything. That said, if Network Manager has only a limited support for wireless networks, I will live with that and connect by hand as needed.

Thanks
Leo

Unfortunately NetworkManager itself does not support Network precedence - so you'll have to manually select your neighbour's network as needed - and leave your own one as the sole automatic connect network.