Allow setting of preferred wireless networks
Bug #148152 reported by
Doug Holton
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #118439: Connects to any available network without asking.
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| network-manager (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I would like to request ubuntu/gnome adds the ability to set which wireless networks are preferred. Perhaps even a whitelist.
This is for convenience sake and for security's sake.
Right now Ubuntu seems to randomly connect to available networks or perhaps picks the one with the strongest signal, which may or may not be the one you want to use. This is inconvenient if it always picks the wrong network, and it is insecure if it switches without your knowledge to a network you do not normally use or trust.
See these threads for some examples of the problem:
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Windows has a feature where you can check if a wireless network is preferred.
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| Ryan (rc+launchpad) wrote | #1 |
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| Paul Dufresne (paulduf) wrote | #2 |
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| status: | New → Confirmed |
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I would like to second this. This can be a big security issue (normally connecting to WPA and then unknowingly switching to some random open network) and it is also very inconvenient.