[maemo-users] network priority and autoreconnect (OS2008)

[From: Joshua Layne]

Jesper Cheetah wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 07:08:27AM +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>   
>> "ext Joshua Layne" <joshua at willowisp.net> writes:
>>
>>     
>>> The biggest problem for me is that if I am connected to my phone (say, on
>>> my commute...) it keeps the phone connection even if the Home wireless
>>> network is available.  Same is true of the work network, although the work
>>> network never autoconnects.  The real problem here is it drains my phone
>>> battery unnecessarily when a WLAN is available.
>>>
>>> I have no problem editing configuration files by hand, but is this even
>>> possible?  It is really a source of irritation for me.
>>>       
>> Our current software implementation does not support this, not even
>> with some tweaking. Sorry.
>>     
>
> I believe I have seen wpa_supplicant for the N800 somewhere (probably
> OS2007 at that time). Wouldn't that work, with the regular network
> selection set to a dummy AP?
>
>   
I think it would handle everything besides the BT DUN - I replied to 
Kalle before I got your message, thanks for the suggestion - along the 
same lines as my thinking :)

I really need to get my build environment up...
j.