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karma mechanic · 15-11-2015, 20:52

On the general subject of switching between SSIDs I normally have the SH2 with 2.4 and 5Ghz as the same SSID, then at the other end of the house a DIR-655 again using the same SSID. In the interests of experimentation I have just given them all different names...

On a Windows laptop I set the roaming aggressiveness to the maximum, and connected to SH2 SSID 1 at 300Mbps. Then I walked to the other end of the house and placed the laptop next to the DIR-655. By then the SSID 1 connection had dropped to 13Mbps, but it still didn't switch. Switched Wifi off/on and of course it immediately picked up 300Mbps on the DIR-655. Low signal about -79dB and high was about -25dB.

I tried the same with 2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz, again it takes a huge disparity before it switches.

On my Android phone a similar story, although it does appear to switch more readily. Unfortunately arriving from outside the house it gets a lock on 2.4Ghz first. I've just tried an app called SWIFI that purports to assist the switching, it does appear to avoid the prolonged 'hanging-on' to a link.

SSIDs all back to the same now for convenience of setup on the clients, but I'll be keeping an eye on what I'm actually getting.

On an unrelated note, both inSSIDer and WiFi Analyzer were showing a steady signal on channel 44 with no MAC. I walked round the neighbourhood and it didn't change. In fact it appeared to stay at exactly the same strength.

But now its gone... so perhaps it was never really there.

15-11-2015, 20:52	#66
karma mechanic cf.member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 51	Re: Just got the SuperHub 3 On the general subject of switching between SSIDs I normally have the SH2 with 2.4 and 5Ghz as the same SSID, then at the other end of the house a DIR-655 again using the same SSID. In the interests of experimentation I have just given them all different names... On a Windows laptop I set the roaming aggressiveness to the maximum, and connected to SH2 SSID 1 at 300Mbps. Then I walked to the other end of the house and placed the laptop next to the DIR-655. By then the SSID 1 connection had dropped to 13Mbps, but it still didn't switch. Switched Wifi off/on and of course it immediately picked up 300Mbps on the DIR-655. Low signal about -79dB and high was about -25dB. I tried the same with 2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz, again it takes a huge disparity before it switches. On my Android phone a similar story, although it does appear to switch more readily. Unfortunately arriving from outside the house it gets a lock on 2.4Ghz first. I've just tried an app called SWIFI that purports to assist the switching, it does appear to avoid the prolonged 'hanging-on' to a link. SSIDs all back to the same now for convenience of setup on the clients, but I'll be keeping an eye on what I'm actually getting. On an unrelated note, both inSSIDer and WiFi Analyzer were showing a steady signal on channel 44 with no MAC. I walked round the neighbourhood and it didn't change. In fact it appeared to stay at exactly the same strength. But now its gone... so perhaps it was never really there.