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Andor Kiss
Asked: 2018-12-13 06:16:21 +0800 CST

Is it possible to rank wireless networks?

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When using Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS, is it possible to rank, in order of preference, which wireless network one's computer should connect to first, second, etc?

networking wireless network-manager

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    nmcli connection modify wdn connection.autoconnect-priority 10

    On my system that makes it:

    rinzwind@schijfwereld:~$ nmcli -f autoconnect-priority,name c 
AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY  NAME              
5                     schijfwereld-2.4g 
10                    schijfwereld-5g   
-999                  UTP               
10                    wdn

    A higher numbers gets a higher priority.

    Depending on the Ubuntu release and flavour 

    nm-connection-editor

    Connection Editor allows you to set automatic connection with a priority level (from the general tab)

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