If I update them all to 802.11n will that help? Should I lock them all on N?
> Yes, exactly. Roaming is up to the client/station and there certainly are > stupid ones. I haven't seen any problems with 802.11n based clients though. > > > On 3/27/2015 5:37 PM, Nate Burke wrote: >> >> I'm wondering how much it depends on the device. My Older cell phone >> really does not want to disconnect from an AP, if the AP get's really weak >> (by moving away from it), it won't try to associate to a closer one unless >> it completely disconnects from it's active AP. >> >> >> On 3/27/2015 5:32 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) wrote: >>> >>> If the client disconnects and searches for another network or disconnects >>> because of weak quality/signal, then yeah, I can see it. But we have four >>> Unifi APs in the office and this does not happen. Phones, tablets, laptops, >>> whatever roam from AP to AP without any problems. I've tested it with a >>> constant ping running while moving around the office and there may be some >>> high latency or a few lost packets as it roams to the next AP, but it's >>> generally seamless. And we're not using UBNT's "zero handoff" experimental >>> stuff which AFAIK requires the same channel on every AP. >>> >>> On 3/27/2015 4:45 PM, Glen Waldrop wrote: >>>> >>>> What seems to be the major snag is that the client typically releases >>>> DHCP and renews every time it disconnects and reconnects to WIFI. >>>> >>>> In my experience, seemless roaming is set up with a static IP. DHCP gave >>>> me about 3 seconds dead time when I swapped. This was with DD-WRT on >>>> Linksys >>>> back in 2002ish all the way to current playing with Linux, UBNT, MT and a >>>> little bit of Cisco. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 3:52 PM >>>> Subject: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Wifi Roaming >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> We have a metal building with a number of inside metal walls. Have 3 >>>>> Mikrotik 2.4ghz wifi access points inside each covering a certain >>>>> section. They just act as access points and hook to main router that >>>>> hands out DHCP, IPv6, etc. How do I get iphones etc. to seamlessly >>>>> roam between these as you walk around the building? >>>>> >>>>> I seem to remember in Mikrotik training years ago they said put them >>>>> all on same essid and channel to do this. Not sure if that's right or >>>>> I am remembering right. Seems like my ipad refuses to work at times >>>>> and I must turn wifi off and back on to restore. I set them all on >>>>> different essids and channels now and I am not having much better >>>>> luck. >>>>> >>>>> Seemed to have a similar problem at my house even though I only had a >>>>> single Mikrotik there. I resolved that mostly by adding a second card >>>>> running 5ghz. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas? >>>>> >>>> >> >
