How do I prevent the default Ubuntu Network Manager (network-manager
) from scanning when connected on my Wi-Fi network?
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Halta
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The answer to http://askubuntu.com/questions/53498/how-to-change-the-refresh-rate-at-which-the-network-manager-updates-the-wireless applies here. – jdthood Dec 19 '12 at 15:40
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3that did not help at all. – Halta Jan 10 '13 at 11:53
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why exactly do you want to do this? – Gerhard Burger Jan 29 '13 at 09:11
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2because when it scans, the connection literally lags. – Halta Jan 30 '13 at 21:28
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From: https://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2016/05/16/networkmanager-and-wifi-scans/
You can "lock your WiFi connection profile to the BSSID of your access point" by entering your access point's BSSID under "Edit Connections..."

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I am curious how to do this using the nm dbus backend, locking to a specific connection path (which includes the BSSID) used to work, but seems to have reverted back to periodically scanning anyway. Not sure why. – Charles Lohr Sep 27 '22 at 23:33