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Public bug reported:

I work in an office with a number of access points and I work in
different offices. Depending on the room  I'm in the access point with
the strongest signal is not the same.

What you expected to happen:
Network Manager should try to connect to the stored wifi network with the strongest signal and not follow the list blindly.

What happened instead:
When I put my laptop on sleep and go to another office, Network Manager tries to connect to the first network that was added instead of the one with the strongest signal.

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Maybe one could check how Android manages Wifi connection and copy its code (it's a linux OS), because Android seems to connect to the strongest signal instead.

Using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64 bit.
network-manager version: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7

** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Network manager should connect to access point with strongest signal

Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I work in an office with a number of access points and I work in
  different offices. Depending on the room  I'm in the access point with
  the strongest signal is not the same.

  What you expected to happen:
  Network Manager should try to connect to the stored wifi network with the strongest signal and not follow the list blindly.

  What happened instead:
  When I put my laptop on sleep and go to another office, Network Manager tries to connect to the first network that was added instead of the one with the strongest signal.

  ---
  Maybe one could check how Android manages Wifi connection and copy its code (it's a linux OS), because Android seems to connect to the strongest signal instead.

  Using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64 bit.
  network-manager version: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7

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