Auto Select Access Point

My MacBookPro (OS X 4.11) can log onto two access points. The stronger signal, which it always selects, is an unsecured Linksys which is not part of the correct LAN. The weaker signal, a Netgear, is secure and my MacBookPro is recognized. I can force it to select Netgear, via the antenna icon.
How do I set up the MacBookPro to autoselect the Netgear access point?
Thanks
Sharron

sharronsuss wrote:
My MacBookPro (OS X 4.11) can log onto two access points. The stronger signal, which it always selects, is an unsecured Linksys which is not part of the correct LAN. The weaker signal, a Netgear, is secure and my MacBookPro is recognized. I can force it to select Netgear, via the antenna icon.
How do I set up the MacBookPro to autoselect the Netgear access point?
Open the Network panel of System Preferences. Select the AirPort connection item, then click the "Advanced" button. Under the AirPort tab you should see a list of "Preferred Networks". Move the Netgear network to the top of the list.

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The older Nokias (e.g. E70) allowed to do this.
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Since you are using a Select-Option, it could complicate things a little, but here is a sample program which is pretty locked down.
report zrich_0001.
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The access point management of the 5800 is somewhat different from older phones: using Web you can select the access point every time you start it, but other applications using network (e.g. Opera Mini) start connecting Wifi or 3G whatever comes first. Then you can only select that that access point is selected automatically at next use. This means when you are in another country and the signal of a Wifi hotspot is too weak it will select 3G and does not notify the user of it, which will cost lots of money then.
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The new "Destinations" method of managing the internet reflects the fact that many users now connect via several networks. A typical setup for the "Internet" destination might be:
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I have a unsigned midlet installed in nokia 6600. This midlet opens an http connection and it asks for permission before connecting. I understand this can be solved if I sign my midlet with a trusted certificate. But phone also asks to select Access Point. I want it to be automatic. Will this problem be solved if I sign my midlet? If not what else I should do? I don't find any default access point option in the phone. Please help me.
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think the addition of the "destinations" support in S60 wasn't thought out well enough in terms of compatability either.
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Is there any way I can control which specific access point I connect (and stay connected) to from amongst a set of access points with the same SSID?

I'm working from a boat in a harbor in which the ISP has deployed numerous access points around the periphery. All the access points share the same SSID and each is configured to use either channel 1, 6 or 11. From my location, there are over a dozen of these access points "visible" (based on the the output of WiFi Scanner) with a range of RSSI and S/N values that vary over time.
The ISP has told me that the quality of my connection should be "perfectly fine" for any access point with an RSSI value better than -75, but I know from experience that my connection quality is miserable (i.e. < 50Kbps download) for almost all of these, including those with RSSI values better than -75. There is at least one exception, however, which gives me on the order of 2Mbps download, which is "great" in this context.
I've tried using a more powerful USB antenna plugged into my MacBook Air (mid 2011), but as far as I can tell, it really doesn't make much difference. Neither does my location within the boat. The overriding factor seems to be which access point I happen to connect up to.
I should point out that the closest access points are about 75 yards away, with many of them being several hundred yards away or more. I'm guessing that even though the signal strength of some of the distant access points is causing them to get "chosen" some times, the results are unacceptable due to the distance.
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