On Wed, 2020-10-14 at 18:29 -0700, Russell Senior wrote: > You aren't the exclusive user of the spectrum. All of your neighbors > are using the same channels and they may or may not be using the > spectrum at the same time. The 5GHz radios are slightly more immune to > the neighbors, because the higher frequency RF doesn't penetrate walls > as well. If all the APs have the same SSID, then in theory your > devices should be able to hop from one AP to another one with minimal > drops, but unless the APs are helping steer the client devices to the > AP where they'll get the best connection, then you are dependent on > the client device OS for deciding when to disassociate from one AP and > try to associate to another one. I think generally, they'll try to > stick to the one they are connected to until they start to detect > packet loss. > > You might want to look at the Ubiquiti Unifi stuff. With unifi, you > use "controller" software to help manage the client steering. I've > never used it, but I hear generally happy sounds from people I know > who have. >
I confirm that Ubiquity (Unifi line with their router and unifi server) will support roaming between APs and 2.4/5Ghz channels for my phone using cell over wifi as well as voip, video calls, vnc, vpn, .... without disconnects or noticeable dropouts. Rebuilding network setup requires planning and funding - if you are starting from scratch (2xUAP+USG+unifiServerOnLinux/UnifiCloudKey=3- 4xDevices, not counting network switch - possibly POE to power the UAPs). That being said - you will commit to build enterprise network - you will get enterprise network capable of handling many devices with very good service guarantees. Tomas _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
