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I have an Ubuntu server that connects to the network over wireless. Since it obviously doesn't have Gnome's NetworkManager I have to configure everthing manually.

I've got it sucessfully connecting to the network but when the connection gets interupted instead of roaming to a different WAP it just disconnects. This is obviously bad but I have no idea how to make it roam.

Self-Help thorugh googling has been difficult since no one does this (for good reasons), everything I've found has been for a full desktop, not a server. While I'm totally against installing Gnome, I would prefer not to.

Is there any "command line" equivelent to NetworkManager that roams WAPs when the one its connected to times out?

Note: I'm not interested in "Do not use wireless" answers. I would normally never do this but this is a unique case. Just please answer the given question

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  • +1. I am also looking for the answer or direction. I use ratpoison as window manager and do not use any full furnished desktop. So I am also facing the same issue. – Sachin Divekar Dec 02 '11 at 19:25
  • We've had a few questions about command line alternatives to NM: [All commands that should be used to connect to wifi in command line](http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/9818) [Command line join of password protected wireless networks in Ubuntu, Arch Linux, or other distros?](http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/2480) and more. I don't know how they handle roaming. – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Dec 02 '11 at 23:26

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For others reference, I found that wpa_supplicant was the best (only?) option. Took a while to configure it but it worked.

The only issue that prevented me from using and eventually scrapping the project was due to my unique situation: I needed to change the MAC address. Apparently wpa_supplicant completely ignores a spoofed MAC address.

Since 99% of people don't care about spoofing MAC addresses, wpa_supplicant works.

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