WiFi Roaming Between Different Routers
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Tp-link is stock sadly, but could replace with more capable one (Mikrotik L009 probably, I don't care about single-band in this case because it literally covers a single, open space room)
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Use OpenWRT and enable Fast Transitioning, works perfectly.
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Kicking low-signal devices didn't occur to me, and should be easy to implement on the OpenWrt one, thanks!
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Good tip, thanks!
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Looking into it, ty!
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This is what I do with my Asus AX mesh setup, running a Merlin fork (gnuton).
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Yeah give it a try, I use -75dBm as my setting. Currently only on the 5ghz band, but you can try on all of them, 2.4ghz might want more like -80dBm.
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Well what you're probably looking to setup is 802.11r, but I think you're still going to run into issues because of the proximity of where your routers are.
The issue you're seeing is related to band shaping and signal-to-noise ratio. Your wifi client is actutthe thing that is supposed to be more smoothly handling the transition between access points with your current setup, but it may not work as expected without the signal for one or the other to be drastically worse than the other. 802.11r helps with that. Results are hit or miss though, so don't go buying new equipment just to try it out.
If you had two OpenWRT devices though, I would just make a mesh and skip the above.
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This is really smart!
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Is that working better now? Every time I've turned it on in the past, half my devices lose connection.
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Thanks, especially for that openwrt mesh bit, that might end up as the the best solution.
