FS#23169 - [netcfg] add net-auto-wireless connect only to NETWORKS=() profiles

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by roy (royrocks) - Monday, 07 March 2011, 00:39 GMT
Last edited by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Sunday, 19 June 2011, 20:54 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Arch Projects
Status Closed
Assigned To Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:


I have two wireless networks at home. The first is my default and the second is rarely used.
With net-auto-wireless it connects sometimes to the second wireless network, which even has poor quality.

example:

NETWORKS=(wlan-home)

and it connects automatically only to wlan-home.
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Closed by  Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng)
Sunday, 19 June 2011, 20:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Comment by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Saturday, 11 June 2011, 09:10 GMT
Hello, could you make a clearer description of what you are requesting?
Comment by roy (royrocks) - Sunday, 19 June 2011, 09:13 GMT
Lets say we have two wireless networks and so two netcfg profiles, WLAN1 and WLAN2. Sometimes the connections gets lost and netcfg auto reconnects to WLAN2, but I want auto reconnect only to WLAN1. Could we specify to reconnect only to WLAN1.
Comment by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Sunday, 19 June 2011, 10:49 GMT
It would make sense to have a dedicated configuration file for this, like /etc/conf.d/netcfg-auto where this information would be put. If that file does not exist, then the whole profiles list would be used.
Comment by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Sunday, 19 June 2011, 20:54 GMT
Implemented: in netcfg 2.6, you will be able to fill in a AUTO_PROFILES variable in the /etc/conf.d/netcfg file, that does what you say. The NETWORKS variable has a different meaning: it says you want to start all these profiles at boot.

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