Re: wifi permanently switching between 2.4 and 5 GHz

2018-08-15 Thread Shawn Adams
Michael, One view of band-steering is to ensure 5Ghz always looks better by ensuring 5Ghz transmits at 6-8dB higher than 2.4Ghz .Some band-steering mechanisms rely on exactly this. usually it's desired that all clients connect 5ghz. "I think there should be some treshold that avoids switching be

Re: wifi permanently switching between 2.4 and 5 GHz

2018-08-15 Thread Dan Williams via networkmanager-list
On Wed, 2018-08-15 at 13:21 -0700, Michael Butash wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 9:36 AM, Dan Williams via networkmanager- > > list < > > networkmanager-list@gnome.org> wrote > > > > Does the switching cause an actual problem? It's supposed to > > happen > > very quickly, within a couple 10s

Aw: Re: wifi permanently switching between 2.4 and 5 GHz

2018-08-15 Thread Jürgen Bausa
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. August 2018 um 18:36 Uhr > Von: "Dan Williams" > An: "Greg Oliver" , juergen.ba...@web.de > Cc: networkmanager-list@gnome.org > Betreff: Re: wifi permanently switching between 2.4 and 5 GHz > On Tue, 2018-08-14 at 23:04 -0500, Greg Oliver via networkmanager-list > wrote:

Re: wifi permanently switching between 2.4 and 5 GHz

2018-08-15 Thread Michael Butash
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 9:36 AM, Dan Williams via networkmanager-list < networkmanager-list@gnome.org> wrote > > Does the switching cause an actual problem? It's supposed to happen > very quickly, within a couple 10s of ms. I have run into like roaming/band-selection issues with linux around va

Re: wifi permanently switching between 2.4 and 5 GHz

2018-08-15 Thread Dan Williams via networkmanager-list
On Tue, 2018-08-14 at 23:04 -0500, Greg Oliver via networkmanager-list wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 2:24 PM "Jürgen Bausa" > wrote: > > > I have a Xiaomi Air 12 Laptop (Intel Core m3-7Y30, Network > > controller: > > Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 > > (rev 3a)). I use debian Stretch (linux 4