On Tue, 26 May 2020 03:21:01 +0100
The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

> On 26/05/2020 02:39, Andrew Smallshaw wrote:
> >   Multiple AP networks seem to
> > have some mystery about them in the hobbyist community where they're
> > regarded as esoteric, but these things are designed for enterprise
> > deployment - AP selection and indeed handover were baked into the
> > spec on day one and essentially work automatically.
>
> Except they simply do NOT.

 Unless of course you use enterprise grade equipment, when they do.

> I have three WAPS here. I started out giving them the same
> SSID/password. My laptop and my mobile phone would both resolutely hold
> on to the one they initially connected to long past the time when the
> damned things speed had dropped to unusable.

 Yep I had that right up until I ditched the consumer grade APs and
installed low-end enterprise grade ones, everything I've tried just roams
automatically and sensibly between the two of them even though they are
overkill and either alone can give fair coverage in the worst spots.
They're also designed for hundreds of parallel connections so the dozen or
so devices round here at peak don't phase them at all.

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