Description of problem: nmcli provides some commands using BSSID but I cannot find an easy way to list the BSSIDs corresponding to an SSID using nmcli Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ~]# rpm -q NetworkManager NetworkManager-1.0.6-8.fc22.x86_64 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. nmcli device wifi list ifname <wlp3s0> 2. Notice that BSSID is not included 3. nmcli connection show <my-ssid> | grep -i bssid 802-11-wireless.bssid: -- {here I see only --} 802-11-wireless.seen-bssids: {here I see lots of MACs} Actual results: cannot find BSSID if I want to change AP with same SSID Expected results: Some command should list available BSSIDs for a given SSID. Maybe: nmcli device wifi list ifname <wlp3s0> <ssid> Or: nmcli connection show id <ssid> bssid Additional info:
Hi, for most (all?) of the nmcli commands you can control the displayed fields using the -f switch: nmcli -f ssid,bssid device wifi list ifname wlp3s0 or nmcli -f all device wifi list ifname wlp3s0
Hello Thanks for the tip So we can do: ~]$ nmcli -f SIGNAL,NAME,SSID,BSSID,IN-USE dev wifi list (by putting SIGNAL first we get list sorted by strength) then pick MAC address, the BSSID, of AP with stronger signal than currently active one and do: ~]$ nmcli dev wifi connect 00:24:DX:XD:27:XX not so easy to do when you need to quickly change AP as you walk from one meeting room to another. Also, unfortunately, this command does not offer SSID as an option, only BSSID: ~]$ nmcli -f SIGNAL,NAME,SSID,BSSID,IN-USE dev wifi list ifname wlp3s0 if SSID was an option then you could restrict output to one SSID and just see a list of the BSSID
First, you don't need to change APs manually when you are roaming. NetworkManager (via wpa_supplicant) handles that automatically (switches to a better AP when signal from the current one is too weak). If you want to re-activate with different AP (for some reason), you can do it, e.g. like this: $ nmcli -f signal,ssid,bssid,in-use dev wifi list | grep My-SSID $ nmcli con up my-wifi-profile ap "BSSID selected from the previous list" (my-wifi-profile is NM wifi connection profile for My-SSID network) > ~]$ nmcli dev wifi connect 00:24:DX:XD:27:XX You do not probably want to use this command, because it creates a new Wi-Fi profile before activating it.
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