I have done roaming with UBNT as long as the SSID is all the same and you place
each radio at the edge of the coverage it works grate
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On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]>
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> UBNT is only on encrypted networks.
> I think all of them will require you use the same channel.
> There is nothing in the protocol that supports roaming, so it's all tricks
> the AP vendor does to make it work. UBNT, Ruckus, Cisco, etc. all have some
> form of roaming solution. Some better than others.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blair Davis" <[email protected]>
> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 11:15:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] 802.11 and roaming
> They may claim it,(UBNT) but, as far as I can tell it doesn't work on an open
> network. Haven't tried on an encrypted network.
> 3.1.3 software. All were on same ESSID, but different channels. Chose
> channels to minimize interference. Users work just fine as long as they can
> only see one AP. When they can see more than one some users seem to jump back
> and forth. Some will grab one AP in a death grip and keep it to -88. Some
> just freeze for a min or two.
> This is a public area, fairground, and as best I can tell, users just can't
> roam reliably.
> Of course, LOTS of noise! I remember reading something once about being able
> to shut down 'rogue AP's', i.e. AP's that don't belong to the fairground, but
> I can't remember who that was. Maybe that would cut the noise.
> --
> On 9/7/2013 11:28 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
> The new Unifi will. Cisco I think will. The truck is to have the same bssid
> and essid on all the APs.
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> On Sep 7, 2013 11:20 PM, "Blair Davis" < [email protected] > wrote:
> <blockquote>
> I've tried MikroTik.
> I've tried Cisco.
> I've tried UniFi.
> I pretty much don't think there is a working way to roam from AP to AP with
> 802.11 in an open system.
> The client holds on to the weak AP long after there are stronger AP's to talk
> to.
> I think this is just the way it works.
> Now, we are giving each AP a unique ESSID but keeping them bridged on the
> wired side and requiring the user to change the connection when out of
> range...
> Not the best answer, but it works much better for the clients who don't move
> much... I'd love a better answer...
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