Disabling Network-Manager-Gnome wireless scanning when connected

Question

How do I prevent the default Ubuntu Network Manager (network-manager) from scanning when connected on my Wi-Fi network?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 17 '14 at 01:49

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killall -STOP NetworkManager

works for me in ubuntu 10.04

edited May 17 '14 at 01:49

Florian Diesch

answered May 17 '14 at 01:17

kermit

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '17 at 00:53

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You can "lock your WiFi connection profile to the BSSID of your access point" by entering your access point's BSSID under "Edit Connections..."

answered May 15 '17 at 00:53

XPS13 User

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 30 '13 at 07:48

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You can't, unless you hack and recompile NetworkManager.

answered Jan 30 '13 at 07:48

jdthood

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