Not in my book. We use frequency scan list to prevent any undesired connection to the wrong AP. Now dual SSID would be of great advantage. The one thing I miss that the ole Alvarion equipment had. You think UBNT is monitoring this list?
-----Original Message----- From: Jay Weekley Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 8:11 PM To: Ubiquiti Users Group Subject: Re: [Ubnt_users] replacing rocket w/sector antenna AP Is there ever any advantage to using the "Lock to AP MAC" feature? Darin Steffl wrote: > Don't ever use lock to ap Mac. Seen too many wisps roll trucks when > they replace the ap. Every ssid should be different for every sector. > > Also for the client connecting to a weaker signal. That would be fixed > as well if you connected to a specific ssid. > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 6:21 PM Jan-OOLLC <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Update, trying to balance the Rx dbm's at the AP first, by > decreasing transmit power at the CPE. Noticed that one of the > trouble CPEs was connecting to another tower with same name SSID > even the the signal was 10 dbm weaker. So I figured if all the > CPEs were configured to lock to the AP mac, they would transfer > over to a new name for SSID. Ended up doing a lot of driving for > orphans. Not one of them accepted the new name, all were set to > "lock to AP" mac. I'm pretty sure with older firmware this used > to work, is this a bug? > > Have tried airControl2 in the past, could not figure out how to > add new CPEs after initial install. Dude is much easier to use. > > Jan > > On 01/30/2017 12:03 PM, Nick Bright wrote: >> On 1/28/2017 11:43 AM, Chris Soiles wrote: >>> I have replaced APs and just named them the same with same >>> security and they just connect >>> >>> I.E.: had rocket with Omni named SSID: radio WPA2: 1234 >>> >>> Added a new section, installed 4 APs at New top, named all APs >>> SSID: radio same WPA2 >>> >>> Turned off Omni AP >>> >>> As each CPE connected to new AP >>> Login to CPE change SSID to New name for the radio >>> >>> Once all CPEs gone, change name of AP to New name, they all >>> reconnect >> That's what I do too. If things are working well, you could also >> use airControl2 to do it by batch, but you need to ensure that >> all the CPE have reliable connections and are responding properly >> first, or they'll get orphaned. >> >> -- >> ----------------------------------------------- >> - Nick Bright - >> - Vice President of Technology - >> - Valnet -=- We Connect You -=- - >> - Tel 888-332-1616 x 315 / Fax 620-331-0789 - >> - Webhttp://www.valnet.net/ - >> ----------------------------------------------- >> - Are your files safe? - >> - Valnet Vault - Secure Cloud Backup - >> - More information & 30 day free trial at - >> -http://www.valnet.net/services/valnet-vault - >> ----------------------------------------------- >> >> This email message and any attachments are intended solely for the >> use of the addressees hereof. This message and any attachments may >> contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from >> disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of >> this message, you are prohibited from reading, disclosing, reproducing, >> distributing, disseminating or otherwise using this transmission. If you >> have received this message in error, please promptly notify the sender by >> reply E-mail and immediately delete this message from your system. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ubnt_users mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users > > _______________________________________________ > Ubnt_users mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users > > -- > Darin Steffl > Minnesota WiFi > www.mnwifi.com <http://www.mnwifi.com/> > 507-634-WiFi > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ubnt_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature> > Version: 2016.0.7998 / Virus Database: 4756/13866 - Release Date: 01/30/17 > _______________________________________________ Ubnt_users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users _______________________________________________ Ubnt_users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users
