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kortina
Mar 28, 2023Aspirant
Laptop not switching to closer WAX610 access point automatically
I have 2 WAX610 Access Points, one on my 1st floor, one on my 2nd floor. I opened my laptop on the first floor, then went upstairs to the 2nd floor to the same room (about 6ft away) from the 2nd ...
schumaku
Mar 28, 2023Guru - Experienced User
kortina wrote:
I have my access points connected in a mesh and I thought that clients were supposed to "hop" to the nearest access point with the best signal, but this is not happening.
No, this does not make any kind of a Mesh.
kortina wrote:
Do I need to fine tune the auto switching behavior somehow to get this to work as desired? I want the client to always auto switch to the best signal possible.
Are both WAX610 configured to dedicated wireless channel sets and not overlapping?
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