From: Kentaro Yamaguchi <kentaro.y@gmail.com>
To: iwd@lists.linux.dev
Subject: How to connect specifying the BSSID?
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 13:31:53 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKbf6axbkp5E1M8Pvm1SbPOQFtzxX8Cdwj9YjbYNy0aekHDHzw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Dear iwd users and developers,
With mesh, I would like to check whether it is faster to connect
directly to the child device or the parent device.
Therefore, please tell me how to connect using iwd from the client and
specifying the BSSID.
According to the comment made 5 years ago at the link below, there is
no way to connect by specifying the BSSID.
This has been answered, but is the situation still the same?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=237074&p=5
I tried the following, but I was unable to connect due to an error.
I know that using wpa_supplicant as the Network Manager backend will
work. However, in that case I would like to use IWD because I have
problems with 6GHz connectivity.
1. Specify iwd as wifi.backend of NetworkManager and restart.
2. nmcli device wifi connect [SSID] password [Password]
3. nmcli connection down [SSID]
4. nmcil connection modify [SSID] wifi.bssid [BSSID]
5. nmcli connection up [SSID]
Error (from journal log)
-------------------------------------
Mar 01 16:38:48 livazplusNetworkManager[1408]: <info>
[1709278728.5365] device (wlp4s0): Activation: starting connection
'Buf-MLO' (019cd427-8f11-4c84-9625-db03895b510b)
Mar 01 16:38:48 livazplus NetworkManager[1408]: <info>
[1709278728.5367] device (wlp4s0): state change: disconnected ->
prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 01 16:38:48 livazplus NetworkManager[1408]: <info>
[1709278728.5370] device (wlp4s0): state change: prepare -> failed
(reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 01 16:38:48 livazplus NetworkManager[1408]: <warn>
[1709278728.5374] device (wlp4s0): Activation: failed for connection
'Buf-MLO'
My environment is below.
--------------------------------------
Lubuntu 23.10
Kernel 6.7.6
IWD 2.8
NetworkManager 1.44.2
Intel BE200
[ 5.297551] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ
Version: 0.0.4.125
[ 5.302086] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: loaded firmware version
86.fb5c9aeb.0 gl-c0-fm-c0-86.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[ 5.764947] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: loaded PNVM version 8443a58d
--------------------------------------
Thanks in advance!
Kentaro Yamaguchi
next reply other threads:[~2024-03-04 4:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-04 4:31 Kentaro Yamaguchi [this message]
2024-03-04 12:23 ` How to connect specifying the BSSID? James Prestwood
2024-03-05 10:20 ` Kentaro Yamaguchi
2024-03-05 12:11 ` James Prestwood
2024-03-06 5:26 ` Kentaro Yamaguchi
[not found] ` <CAKbf6aw-YXxxtPFKrQW-42jrzUW5dBMdW-RjQqf4tAr-fkdaFA@mail.gmail.com>
2024-03-06 12:14 ` James Prestwood
2024-03-07 4:10 ` Kentaro Yamaguchi
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