Looking back at this, it because obvious why it's not being done that way. A wireless network with the same name and a different MAC (i.e. same ESSID(SSID) but different BSSID) is often an indication of a set of networks we can roam "through". If NM was to automatically add the BSSID, it would break roaming in all cases.
>From this point, the checkbox, or using some sort of dropdown for the BSSIDs seen or in range to allow the user to select one and "lock" to just on AP makes sense; although if you expect to roam between same-name networks with a different password you'll see it takes more time than if the password was the same. Regardless, please file the bug upstream so we can get input from the developers as how to best present this kind of UI change. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/711989 Title: same SSID and different MAC same pass is not true usually Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hello!, Today I come to talk about a issue that I have been experiencing since I first installed Ubuntu. When you save a password, it is only saved with the AP name, and that's a good point for enterprises, but for particulars, going to several places you most of the times you end with a lot of APs, and some of them, have the same name. That is why I suggest having the option to declare each SSID as multi-access point (would be the actual configuration) or a single acces point (would be for domestic APs) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8.1+git.20100809t190028.290dc70-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el fichero o el directorio CheckboxSubmission: 81800d45f20c113a06dff429346d0105 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Wed Feb 2 17:08:12 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) IpRoute: 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.9 metric 2 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000 default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth1 proto static Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el fichero o el directorio ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=es_ES.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager-applet XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2984): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (nautilus:2988): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed (nm-applet:2985): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/711989/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
