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Orbi
Hi Everyone, When using an orbi with satelites, are the satelites choosing what AP the client device should connect to, or are the client devices "roaming" thru the network ? Kind regards, ...
Based on signal, quality and noise, clients will choose the frequency and which wireless source to connect too.
thank you for your reply.
So if a device does not support roaming, the mesh network has no advantage ?
kind regards,
Guy
Only for roaming. To get a device to connect to any particular wifi course, the devices wifi radio would need to be temporarily turned off then back on.
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GuyVerachtert wrote:So if a device does not support roaming, the mesh network has no advantage ?
In my case, the vastly superior separate 5G backhaul channel was a big draw. Investing in "WiFi extenders" does not produce the same coverage area or throughput. And, I do not know if they "roam", but our smartphones and tablets appear to move between the router and satellite automatically.
Thank you all for the reply !
I understand the advantages, but i have a very perticular use case...
I have a medical device that will connect once to a wifi network, and only reconnect if you switch it off and on again.
Since a was not sure if the functionality came from the sattelites switching the clients around, or the clients switching AP's i had to ask :-)
thanks !
