Originally Posted by Mickx27

Using HostAP drivers with Slackware, how can I specify the AP I want to associate with when there is multiple APs around my area (overpowering mine)?

I have tried specifying the SSID but when I attempt to renew an IP address, my SSID settings change to my neighbors AP.
I set the SSID by typing [# iwconfig wlan0 ssid MYNETWORKSSID]
Then when I bring up my wireless interface and type [#dhcpcd wlan0]
The SSID changes to [ssid: MYNEIGHBORSSID] automatically.

I know I can use WEP, change channels, or add some other security features that would help my situation but that’s not what I am after here. I would like to find a way to specify the AP by BSSID or something so that even if I am in an environment with multiple APs wide open, I can still connect to the one I wanted. (Signal strength providing)

The one thing I find weird here is that even if I specify the correct SSID, it changes. I guess what happens is that the signal might be low on my AP and the neighbors is higher then mind so it defaults to the more powerful signal. I would think that if you specify the SSID and that AP is unreachable or has a very low signal strengh, then no connection would be made. I find it crappy that it defaults to the first signal it finds regardless of the SSID settings.

Details:
I am running Slackware 10.1 with HostAP drivers installed.
DHCP is enabled on both APs using the same channel but they do have different SSIDs

Again I am not interested in changing any settings on my AP for this test but to only find out if there might be some option I can use to control this from the client side instead.

Thank You