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

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  • The answer to askubuntu.com/questions/53498/… applies here.
    – jdthood
    Dec 19, 2012 at 15:40
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    that did not help at all.
    – Halta
    Jan 10, 2013 at 11:53
  • why exactly do you want to do this? Jan 29, 2013 at 9:11
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    because when it scans, the connection literally lags.
    – Halta
    Jan 30, 2013 at 21:28

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killall -STOP NetworkManager

works for me in ubuntu 10.04

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From: https://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2016/05/16/networkmanager-and-wifi-scans/

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

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  • I am curious how to do this using the nm dbus backend, locking to a specific connection path (which includes the BSSID) used to work, but seems to have reverted back to periodically scanning anyway. Not sure why. Sep 27, 2022 at 23:33
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You can't, unless you hack and recompile NetworkManager.

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