SUMMARY I have set the priority of wi-fi 5ghz connection to 1 in the KCM, but my system always connects to wi-fi 2.4ghz connection whose priority is 0. OBSERVED RESULT priority settings do not take effect EXPECTED RESULT priority settings take effect SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.1 Graphics Platform: Wayland
I believe priority application happens entirely within networkmanager. I'm not convinced we can do much about this bug. That said, what I think actually happens is that NM would pick the first network it finds, regardless of priority. Which at face value seems like reasonable behavior: you'd want to get to network ASAP, not wait for networks to appear (if they will at all)
workaround: unchecking "Connect automatically with priority" in "General configuration" tab of the 2.4ghz connection. i have Arch Linux running Gnome 45.4 installed on the same laptop and it always connects to 5ghz connection, even before login.
What's the output of nmcli --fields NAME,AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY connection show on both plasma and gnome?
Plasma: $ nmcli --fields NAME,AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY connection show NAME AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY 56Kbps-5G 1 56Kbps 0 Ethernet NIC 1 Hotspot_neon 0 laptop_desktop 0 laptop_router_desktop 0 Gnome: $ nmcli --fields NAME,AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY connection show NAME AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY 56Kbps-5G 0 lo 0 56Kbps 0 56Kbps_5GHZ 0 56Kbps_5GHZ 1 0 A cabo -999 Casa 0 Casa_2G 0 claudia 0 homewifi_05C 0 Hotspot 0 meu_ap 0 MotoG3 9422 0 #NET-CLARO-WIFI 0 #NET-CLARO-WIFI 1 0 Rede J8 0