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From: Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Choose a wireless access point
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:14:32
Message-Id: 63bfdb1f-f788-7613-b457-15efb085a2e2@users.sourceforge.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Choose a wireless access point by William Kenworthy
1 On 4/4/22 01:31, William Kenworthy wrote:
2 > Is there a way force openrc and wpa_supplicant to map a particular
3 > access point to an interface or fail?
4 >
5 > I have two AP's (each on a different ssid) to connect to so have two
6 > wifi interfaces - unfortunately they are not equal so I want wlan0 to
7 > connect to only one particular AP, and wlan1 to the other ... reliably!
8 > I can manually force it to connect but invariably at the first glitch
9 > they both end up connected to the same AP (usually the strongest which
10 > is often not what I want :(
11 >
12 > BillK
13
14 I don't know about wpa-supplicant, but I'm using open-rc and KDE, and
15 KDE's systemsettings Network / Connections screen lets you restrict a
16 network connection so a specific device.  Not sure if this helps you
17 any, but it would indicate that what you want is possible.
18
19 Jack

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Choose a wireless access point Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Choose a wireless access point William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>