Wireless connection confusion

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#1

Could someone explain the following discrepancy? Two signals. I can connect to the weaker one (Bo_Network) but when it cuts out I cannot connect to the stronger one (NETGEAR). The stronger one does not get associated.


# iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0  Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:1B:2F:FB:64:6A
                    ESSID:"NETGEAR"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=35/100  Signal level:-78 dBm  Noise level=-101 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=00000c27fe930181
                    Extra: Last beacon: 384ms ago
		    
............encrypted signals edited out		    
		    
          Cell 05 - Address: 00:02:CF:CA:B5:76
                    ESSID:"Bo_Network"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=4/100  Signal level:-98 dBm  Noise level=-101 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=0000023d63178964
                    Extra: Last beacon: 532ms ago

# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"Bo_Network"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:02:CF:CA:B5:76
          Bit Rate=2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B  
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=255/100  Signal level:-103 dBm  Noise level=-102 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"NETGEAR"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B  
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
#2

On 10/14/2009 03:06 PM, ionmich wrote:
>
> Could someone explain the following discrepancy? Two signals. I can
> connect to the weaker one (Bo_Network) but when it cuts out I cannot
> connect to the stronger one (NETGEAR). The stronger one does not get
> associated.

Have you created a coinnection for the NETGEAR ESSID?

#3

Yes I did.

#4

MAC Filter.

#5

Thank you. I just learned something new.