Heuer wrote: > This is what Ubiquiti say: > > -"The main purpose of enabling band steering is to decongest the 2.4GHz > due to the high number of users connected. Band steering allows users to > connect to a 5GHz band which provides faster speed, and less > interference, thus reducing the congestion on the 2.4 GHz. However, 5GHz > only works on a limited range compared to 2.4 GHz. It cannot penetrate > solid objects such as walls. Therefore, the signal wouldn’t be > that reliable when you are roaming. Enabling or disabling band steering > on your UniFi depends on the user’s preference and the need to > steer into a 5GHz band. It would make more sense to stay on 2.4 GHz if > there are only a few users connected to your network. Although there > would be more interference than the 5GHz band, it provides better > coverage. Band steering is not always recommended. Users can always > customize band steering per device name depending on need."-
I can't tell whether that is an automatic "on-the-fly" feature, or whether it requires user intervention. My guess if it is more modern equipment, it is an automatic feature, which means it is constantly querying the clients. And that data string can get somewhat verbose to older clients. And that is probably part of the problem for older legacy clients, possibly overloading their buffer ranges at some point. The older 2.4 Ghz chipsets never contemplated this sort of network management traffic. But it does state that it can be client-customized. So the obvious course is to turn it off for SB clients, as they are not 5 Ghz equipped. Whether that stops the constant client queries, I do not know. That would require technical information from the AP/router manufacturer. That feature is not the same as AP binding, but it may help nevertheless. The less asked of the Radio's wireless chipset, the better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sgmlaw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13995 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109953 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
