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jhrowehl

Member

Registered: 2015-03-11

Posts: 15

Switch to strongest signal

I just found that the setting to "Automatically switch to the WIFI access point with the strongest signal of the current SSID" turns itself off after each reboot of my laptop. I checked to see if I missed a setting option somewhere, or if I needed to save this option specifically, but I haven't found any specific options for that.

When I activate that option, it appears to work with no problems.

I'm running NSM 5.0.5 on Windows 10 x64 version 20H2, build number 19042.928.

jhrowehl

Member

Registered: 2015-03-11

Posts: 15

Re: Switch to strongest signal

I have some new information on this. I am now running NSM 5.1.1, but have the same issue occurring. I have selected the option to switch to the access point with the strongest signal, and the check box has the check mark shown. I exported the settings, and have this in the settings file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<NetSetMan version="5.1.1" modified="1645372774">
  <Preferences>
    <Language>en</Language>
    <Window left="-9" top="0" width="2" height="2" maximized="True" tree="214"/>
    <AutoRun>True</AutoRun>
    <RunMinimized>True</RunMinimized>
    <Update date="1644883200" notified="True" ts="1644918075">5.1.1</Update>
    <Activation autoclose="True"/>
    <TrayMouse double="2"/>
    <TrayMenu windows="False"/>
    <TrayInfo nicsdisconnected="False" settings="33,50,94,210,211">True</TrayInfo>
    <Logon>True</Logon>
  </Preferences>
  <AutoSwitch enabled="True">
    <StartCheck>True</StartCheck>
    <WifiLanSwitch>True</WifiLanSwitch>
    <WifiStrongestSignal>True</WifiStrongestSignal>
  </AutoSwitch>

Then, I exiteded NSM, restarted it, and now the check mark is missing from the check box. I exported the settings, and the settings file now has this:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<NetSetMan version="5.1.1" modified="1645375489">
  <Preferences>
    <Language>en</Language>
    <Window left="-9" top="0" width="2" height="2" maximized="True" tree="214"/>
    <AutoRun>True</AutoRun>
    <RunMinimized>True</RunMinimized>
    <Update date="1644883200" notified="True" ts="1644918075">5.1.1</Update>
    <Activation autoclose="True"/>
    <TrayMouse double="2"/>
    <TrayMenu windows="False"/>
    <TrayInfo nicsdisconnected="False" settings="33,50,94,210,211">True</TrayInfo>
    <Logon>True</Logon>
  </Preferences>
  <AutoSwitch enabled="True">
    <StartCheck>True</StartCheck>
    <WifiLanSwitch>True</WifiLanSwitch>
  </AutoSwitch>
  <Tools selected="2">

Somewhere, somehow, NSM is turning this option off every time it exits. I have to re-enable this option every time I boot up my laptop.

NetSetMan Support

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Registered: 2005-08-06

Posts: 1,878

Re: Switch to strongest signal

Thank you for the additional details! Now we were able to reproduce the issue.
We weren't able to reproduce this until now, because this problem will only occur if WifiLanSwitch is enabled as well. If WifiLanSwitch is disabled or if you don't open up the WiFi area at all, the WifiStrongestSignal setting will remain enabled.

This problem will be fixed in the next release.