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On 12/10/25 08:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 10/12/2025 13:01, 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.
>>
> Aha. So that`s how they do it. No intelligence required in the client
>
> So they talk to each other `my client needs to be your client.`
It`s very clever.
I set up one PI3 to do that, it was in an outbuilding
and prone to be moved around. As I recall it was easier
to do with older versions of Deb/PI-OS.
> That only happens with me when they go out of range completely.
I *think* you could set a threshold, so they didn`t
jump over a momentary interruption.
GOTTA look that stuff up again ... alas didn`t make
any copies of the old setup. It DID work though.
I can ALMOST see the config file ... almost ....
>> They`ve been in place about four years, now, and seem to work well.
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