Written by Kosimo the 10 May 08 at 13:16.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #8326 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #8326 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by nick.colgan the 29 Jan 09 at 03:51.

Add a "scan wireless networks" option to right click context menu of nm-applet.

Add a "scan wireless networks" option to right click context menu of nm-applet.

Written by anabelle the 29 Jan 09 at 15:01.

Since you click to see if you are connected or to connect to a new network it could work similar to OSX.

Once you click it scans for networks and include new results in the lists... no right clicking or anything.

Since you click to see if you are connected or to connect to a new network it could work similar to OSX. Once you click it scans for networks and include new results in the lists... no right clicking or anything.

Written by elbel86 the 1 Feb 09 at 04:19.

wicd is a great alternative to network manager and offers many more options in its gui, including a refresh button. Of course, wicd isn't even in the repos yet, so it could take some time to get it in.

wicd is a great alternative to network manager and offers many more options in its gui, including a refresh button. Of course, wicd isn't even in the repos yet, so it could take some time to get it in.

Written by Endolith the 2 Feb 09 at 07:47.

If there is a problem with Network Manager not showing new networks when they have changed, then fix that problem.

We should not be adding "Refresh" buttons to things that should always be up-to-date. When would you *not* want the list refreshed? Never. If Network Manager were functioning optimally, the button would serve no purpose, so there is no reason to add it.

Let's make things function correctly instead of adding poor workarounds.

If there is a problem with Network Manager not showing new networks when they have changed, then fix that problem. We should not be adding "Refresh" buttons to things that should always be up-to-date. When would you *not* want the list refreshed? Never. If Network Manager were functioning optimally, the button would serve no purpose, so there is no reason to add it. Let's make things function correctly instead of adding poor workarounds.

Written by tchalvakspam the 18 Feb 09 at 20:04.

I'm paraphrasing the solution that one of the developers has implemented (I believe in a version slightly after 0.7) for the purpose of clarifying the brainstorm understanding of what the developers have done to solve the problem.

One of the developers has said that more recent patches to NetworkManager will result in the following behavior:

- When a user interacts with the applet, a rescan will occur immediately if one hasn't within the last 20 seconds. For two minutes thereafter, it will do 20 second interval rescans, then drop to 120 second scans.

- When the applet starts up or the wireless card is re-enabled after being disabled, NetworkManager will do 20 second interval scans for two minutes, and drop back down to 120 second interval scans after that.

So by NetworkManager version 0.7.1 or 0.7.3 or so, any other behavior that doesn't get a rescan as fast as that should be some kind of bug.

I'm paraphrasing the solution that one of the developers has implemented (I believe in a version slightly after 0.7) for the purpose of clarifying the brainstorm understanding of what the developers have done to solve the problem. One of the developers has said that more recent patches to NetworkManager will result in the following behavior: - When a user interacts with the applet, a rescan will occur immediately if one hasn't within the last 20 seconds. For two minutes thereafter, it will do 20 second interval rescans, then drop to 120 second scans. - When the applet starts up or the wireless card is re-enabled after being disabled, NetworkManager will do 20 second interval scans for two minutes, and drop back down to 120 second interval scans after that. So by NetworkManager version 0.7.1 or 0.7.3 or so, any other behavior that doesn't get a rescan as fast as that should be some kind of bug.

Written by hemanth.hm the 8 Mar 09 at 18:27.

WiFi Radar is a Python/PyGTK2 utility for managing WiFi profiles.It enables you to scan for available networks and create profiles for your preferred networks. At boot time, running WiFi Radar will automatically scan for an available preferred network and connect to it. You can drag and drop your preferred networks to arrange the profile priority.

WiFi Radar is a Python/PyGTK2 utility for managing WiFi profiles.It enables you to scan for available networks and create profiles for your preferred networks. At boot time, running WiFi Radar will automatically scan for an available preferred network and connect to it. You can drag and drop your preferred networks to arrange the profile priority.

Written by korin43 the 28 Oct 09 at 19:43.

#6 is nice, but it leaves users feeling like NetworkManager isn't rescanning at all. It would be better if it had some sort of feedback like "Scanning for Networks".

#6 is nice, but it leaves users feeling like NetworkManager isn't rescanning at all. It would be better if it had some sort of feedback like "Scanning for Networks".

Written by tz the 4 Dec 09 at 17:27.

20 seconds is longer than it takes to load most complex web pages, yet that is what everyone is stuck with, but it might actually be 2 minutes.

I would like the option to scan every X seconds when the applet is active, and Y seconds when it is in background. If you constantly change APs, the current settings are too long, but if you are always using the same one they are too short.

Some hardware does bad things (e.g. can't receive or transmit) when you initiate a scan, so you might not want it more frequently, but if I have a good adapter I should be able to unlimit it.

20 seconds is longer than it takes to load most complex web pages, yet that is what everyone is stuck with, but it might actually be 2 minutes. I would like the option to scan every X seconds when the applet is active, and Y seconds when it is in background. If you constantly change APs, the current settings are too long, but if you are always using the same one they are too short. Some hardware does bad things (e.g. can't receive or transmit) when you initiate a scan, so you might not want it more frequently, but if I have a good adapter I should be able to unlimit it.

Written by tz the 4 Dec 09 at 17:48.

Most wireless cards can receive beacons without a scan and most APs ("visible") send them a few times per second. The list returned by the scan includes these - but I think there is a call which returns the result WITHOUT DOING AN ACTUAL SCAN (sending query packets, etc.).

For wireless cards which support this feature, the display list should be updated every second from the list of visible beacons without doing any explicit scan.

Most wireless cards can receive beacons without a scan and most APs ("visible") send them a few times per second. The list returned by the scan includes these - but I think there is a call which returns the result WITHOUT DOING AN ACTUAL SCAN (sending query packets, etc.). For wireless cards which support this feature, the display list should be updated every second from the list of visible beacons without doing any explicit scan.

Written by kuluizemp.openconscience the 1 Dec 10 at 13:05.

we should have a simple and easy way of enable just one wireless network to prevent unwanted mistaken wireless connections and also perhabes a cheak list where you check and uncheck on the wireless connections menu what connections a user want to allow

we should have a simple and easy way of enable just one wireless network to prevent unwanted mistaken wireless connections and also perhabes a cheak list where you check and uncheck on the wireless connections menu what connections a user want to allow