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On 4/4/22 23:12, Jack wrote: |
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> On 4/4/22 01:31, William Kenworthy wrote: |
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>> Is there a way force openrc and wpa_supplicant to map a particular |
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>> access point to an interface or fail? |
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>> I have two AP's (each on a different ssid) to connect to so have two |
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>> wifi interfaces - unfortunately they are not equal so I want wlan0 to |
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>> connect to only one particular AP, and wlan1 to the other ... reliably! |
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>> I can manually force it to connect but invariably at the first glitch |
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>> they both end up connected to the same AP (usually the strongest which |
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>> is often not what I want :( |
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>> BillK |
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> I don't know about wpa-supplicant, but I'm using open-rc and KDE, and |
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> KDE's systemsettings Network / Connections screen lets you restrict a |
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> network connection so a specific device. Not sure if this helps you |
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> any, but it would indicate that what you want is possible. |
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> Jack |
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Hi Jack, unfortunately its a headless, wifi only system which is why |
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getting openrc to behave is important! |
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BillK |
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