[qtmoko] Wifi && different locations

Sebastian Reinhardt snr at lmv-hartmannsdorf.de
Wed Mar 5 15:55:17 CET 2014


Am 03.03.2014 12:46, schrieb Matthias Apitz:
> Hi,
>
> I'm struggling a bit with qtmoko and Wifi configs, maybe because I'm new
> to qtmoko and more used to use FreeBSD systems;
>
> I'd like to configure a small set of Wifi zones (where I'm normaly in);
> in FreeBSD I just expand the file /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf with the
> required values about WPA-PSK, PSK, etc. and all is fine; my netbook
> picks up the best of each location when I start Wifi there; and I do not
> have to enter anything when I go from location A to B;
>
> How do I do this in qtmoko? I could finaly manage to configure my own AP
> at home, say location A; where I could see around 8 other neighbour AP
> which I'm not interested in to connect; then I moved to location B and
> the FR offered me the 8 AP of location A (which of course are not
> visible due to the distance between A and B), and in addition around 8
> AP of location B; I could not manage to pick-up the correct AP by its
> SSID, maybe due to the long list; and had to remove all config
> "Internet" and start from scratch for location B; this is soemhow
> boring. Is there an easy config file to pick-up only the AP's I do know
> (in the sense of credentials)?
>
> Or do I do something stupid wrong?
>
> 	matthias
Hi,
take a look at "Settings-> Internet->WLAN->Properties->WLAN Roaming". 
There You can setup the order of used WLAN's and if You like to stay 
connected and so on....

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Kind regards

Sebastian Reinhardt




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