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Message #14319
Re: wifi connecting to unauthenticated hotspots in preference to authenticated known hotspots
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Alan Bell wrote on 21/07/15 16:08:
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> I am finding that the phone has a tendency to connect to open
> hotspots, which is a bit of a pain because they are normally
> captive portals that I don't want to connect to, it means that
> mobile data stops working because it tries to use a broken wifi
> connection
This is "Feature Request: special Browser window for logging in to
WiFi Hotspots" <http://launchpad.net/bugs/914507>.
> and it means that when I go to a place where there is a hotspot
> that it has got credentials for it sometimes picks up the open
> hotspot next door.
You are supposed to be able to drag networks into order of preference.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#previous-networks>
> Can it be set to not auto-connect to any open hotspot?
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Reported "'Auto-join previous networks' missing from Wi-Fi settings".
<http://launchpad.net/bugs/1477087>
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