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On 12/10/25 08:01, Daniel James wrote:
> On 10/12/2025 10:29, c186282 wrote:
>> What we WANT is for a device connection to use
>> the BEST signal - whether that`s the primary
>> router or an extender - and switch back and
>> forth automatically depending on the connection
>> quality. Looks like it CAN be done ... but ....
>
> I have a bunch of Ubiquity UbiFi access points around the house with
> wired backhaul to the router. They can also work with wireless backhaul,
> but we were having the house rewired so putting a load of CAT6 in, and a
> POE switch, was a no-brainer.
>
> They do exactly that. As a device moves between areas with different APs
> the APs detect which has the best signal and the one with the lower
> signal strength drops the connection. The device then reconnects and
> picks the one with the stronger signal.
>
> They`ve been in place about four years, now, and seem to work well.
Alas I had to re-wire some commercial structures
for net/etc over the years, back when I was still
young enough to crawl around in ceilings. What a
pain in the ass ! The structures were made to spec,
1950s spec, electric and standard telephone, and
NO slack for add-ons.
I`ve seen pix of British castles ... they just run
lots of pipes on the outsides of the thick stone
walls. Works, but you`d never get away with that
in modern commercial buildings. Things have to
look all neat and tidy.
My house is early 50s ... mostly concrete and heavy
wood, now a metal roof. Again it was NOT meant for
running NEW stuff around. Half the bricks were
solid-poured full of concrete. Everybody thought
that the 1950s were the pinnacle of modern civ ...
"What else WOULD you need to add in ???".
I`ve had good success with wifi `extenders` - and
they`re pretty cheap unless you want today`s VERY
fastest specs. Running two of them now ... one
for out-buildings, another for a convoluted corner
of the main house with the desktop I never use.
Anyway, for the OP, one extender is the solution
to his problem.
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