[ubuntu-uk] Preference for wifi hotspot to home router

[Colin Law]

On 29 May 2015 at 10:46,  <adrian at just-contact.me.uk> wrote:
> I have a particularly annoying incidence where my neighbour has installed a
> BT router and since then we often get our ubuntu install giving the BT
> hotspot priority over out TalkTalk router, despite that our router has the
> setting to connect to when in range and there is no link to bt routers in
> the past. Is it best to find the mac address of the neighbour and block it
> or something else? I would rather not block BT routers in case I use home
> router access at other's homes using their home (not hotspot) access.

I think the following should stop it connecting automatically:
Click on the network icon in the top panel, then Edit Connections
Select the BT wifi connection and click Edit
On the General tab make sure "Automatically connect to this network"
is not checked.

Colin



> Many Thanks
> Adrian
>
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