Soft AP (hostapd & dnsmasq)

[ctownstud00]

I have a soft access point set up via hostapd and dnsmasq in my Ubuntu 10.04 gnome environment. The problem is that after I log in, the access point wireless device tries to connect to the nearest open wireless network. When this happens, it seems to break my dnsmasq, because when I attempt to connect to my soft AP with a wireless device, it won't assign a proper IP--it just gives a random IP.

Is there a way to stop the wireless device that runs the soft AP from trying to auto-connect to open wireless networks after I log in?

Thanks

[ctownstud00]

Can anyone help me on this one?

[ctownstud00]

Bump.

[ctownstud00]

Bump! Please!

[ctownstud00]

Bump?

[ctownstud00]

Tried adding a couple of lines to /etc/rc.local that turns off the internal wireless card, then calls the software AP.

sudo ifdown wlan0
sudo ap_ctl --start
sudo ap_ctl --ics

Still doing testing, but first run, it seemed to work.