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I was thinking about routers and WiFi networks and a question crossed my mind.

If there is a WiFi network where all routers have the same WiFi name, most operating systems will only show one instance of the WiFi name in their WiFi list list and when I connect to it, it will automatically choose the one with the best signal strength.

My question is, is it possible to make my operating system choose a specific one amongst all the WiFi networks? Like lets say I want to choose the one with the lowest signal, is that possible?

I was just curious about this.

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  • Not unless you have specific hardware. – LPChip Jan 11 '22 at 12:52
  • What is "my operating system" ? Windows, Linux, MacOS, ...? – Robert Jan 11 '22 at 12:52
  • @Robert that doesn't really matter in this question, now does it... Only specific hardware with specific configuration could connect to a specific AP. Regular consumer hardware won't. – LPChip Jan 11 '22 at 12:53
  • @LPChip Even if it doesn't matters in this case I think it is a good idea to guide relatively new users so that they understand what to avoid to get a good and understandable question. – Robert Jan 11 '22 at 12:56
  • @Robert true, good point. :) – LPChip Jan 11 '22 at 13:04
  • https://askubuntu.com/questions/833905/how-can-i-connect-to-a-specific-bssid is also useful if you're running linux - and essentially what you are trying to do is connect to a BSSID not a ESSID – Journeyman Geek Jan 11 '22 at 13:14
  • @LPChip Any consumer hardware absolutely can do this. Under Linux, anyway. Under Windows and macOS? Not so much. – Daniel B Jan 11 '22 at 14:02
  • @DanielB I stand corrected then. :) I had seen a YT video of a hacker who mentioned they got specific hardware to use his tools, so I automatically assumed it would not work with every wifi adapter. His tools did work under linux and windows though. – LPChip Jan 11 '22 at 15:10
  • @LPChip For “hacking”, special hardware allowing broad access may indeed be necessary. Connecting to a specific BSSID is just business as usual for Wi-Fi drivers on all platforms. It’s usually not exposed to the user though, except on Linux. – Daniel B Jan 11 '22 at 16:03

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