Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:52860 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423662Ab2LFPC7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:02:59 -0500 Message-ID: <1354806200.18211.1.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20121206_160305_331576_60F5A9A7) Subject: Re: Wireless network problem with Access Point selection using ifup From: Johannes Berg To: markh@compro.net Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Mark Hounschell Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:03:20 +0100 In-Reply-To: <50C0A743.3000305@compro.net> (sfid-20121206_152423_356618_ADE5D3BC) References: <50C0A743.3000305@compro.net> (sfid-20121206_152423_356618_ADE5D3BC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 09:10 -0500, Mark Hounschell wrote: > I'm using > traditional ifup with static configurations. You should at least run wpa_supplicant, which will pick a better network and reconnect if the connection drops etc. Almost no device does that by itself any more. johannes