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Spanner
Mar 20, 2017Aspirant
Roaming without application fallout?
I've been trying to solve a problem for a year now: Problem I want to roam around my 2600 square foot house whilst using various voice and video applications on smartphones and tablets without a...
st_shaw
Mar 20, 2017Master
I have both Ubiquiti and Orbi systems at two separate sites. I have tested WiFi calling (using FaceTime) and streaming video while roaming on both systems. I conducted roaming testing by walking inside and outside the house, forcing transition from one AP to another, and from 5G to 2.4G bands. Other than an occasional blip when transitioning, both systems seemed to work fine. This was on an iPhone 5, which would also transition seamlessly to LTE once beyond WiFi range. I didn't encounter any issues, so the testing was not extensive. I imagine the results will depend upon the client deivce as well as the app used.
Spanner
Mar 21, 2017Aspirant
Thanks for the replies.
I have seen other posts on these forums where people have suggested the roaming doesn't work on Orbi.
As you suggest, this could be down to the client device but these standards are hardly new so I can't imagine devices younger than 5 years old don't support these standards.
I guess I'll keep hanging on until I can get a consensous or maybe even a formal statement on this.