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WAX610 Band Choosing
Is there a way to move an 2 band eligible device from one band to the other? (2.5=>5 or 5=>)?
I'm using browser (not insight) management
For what reason you want to force a 5 GHz client connecting to a 2.4 GHz radio, respective forcing one connecting to the 2,4 GHz GHz radio to a 5 GHz radio?
It would be helpful to know this.
Is there a way to move an 2 band eligible device from one band to the other? (2.5=>5 or 5=>)?
If you really need this functionality, you can set up different SSIDs for each band, and then configure each client to connect to the appropriate SSID.
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WiFi is - by design - especially if operating a single SSID (network name) not a system where you can choose where to "plug" a device to a different "port", with a "different" speed, like for changing two Ethernet devices, say from a 1 GbE port to a 10 GbE port and vice versa.
Is there a way to move an 2 band eligible device from one band to the other? (2.5=>5 or 5=>)?
The band selection is in most aspects fully on the individual WiFi client. And as you certainly know, there are no WiFi clients in the field which allow to force it to connect to an AP on a specific band. So this is neither specific to the WAX610 for example nor to the two clients you have in mind.
Technically it's very obvious: A WiFi client does associate to the "best" signal level and signal quality - and keeps a reliable connection up even if a mobile device is moving around. Keeping it on the same SSID does allow seamless roaming, regardless if you operate one AP or hundreds of APs, thanks to 802.11k, 802.11v, and 802.11r are IEEE standards that enhance WiFi roaming, creating seamless transitions between access points (APs) in enterprise or mesh networks. They reduce disconnection times during movement, crucial for voice/video calls. 802.11k helps locate nearby APs, 802.11v manages traffic steering, and 802.11r speeds up authentication.
Explain a little bit more, why you want to get your hands into what is intentionally designed and implemented and set by all IEEE standards to automatic?
For what reason you want to force a 5 GHz client connecting to a 2.4 GHz radio, respective forcing one connecting to the 2,4 GHz GHz radio to a 5 GHz radio?
For what reason you want to force a 5 GHz client connecting to a 2.4 GHz radio, respective forcing one connecting to the 2,4 GHz GHz radio to a 5 GHz radio?
It would be helpful to know this.
Is there a way to move an 2 band eligible device from one band to the other? (2.5=>5 or 5=>)?
If you really need this functionality, you can set up different SSIDs for each band, and then configure each client to connect to the appropriate SSID.
Thank you Schumaku, Your reference to 802.11,k,v,&r underscored the fact that i'm a Wifi novice and it induced me to read a bit about these standards and further my Wifi knowledge.
Besides trying to harden my small business LAN to comply with new Fed cybersec stnds, NG has announced spt retirement of ORBI RBR20. So i now also have the WAX610. Both dual-band APs have their SSIDs and their own ports into our NetGate 4200S router thereby allowing for separate firewall rules to be applied to each.
To directly answer your question...I have no reason outside of established what controls i have available to me as network administrator.
My wifi analyzer is showing stiff competition of other LANs on the 2.4GHz radio (all channels) and on the 5GHz radio (35-50 & 147-163).
My admin browsers on both APs occasionally show low duty cycle devices sitting on 5GHz that based upon usage would do just find on 2.4. I've also seen the converse but only intermittently as they seem to migrate up ok.
If the RBR20 becomes unmanageable, i'll likely replace it with a WAX630 (adding the 6GHz)
Bottom line, it's about wifi traffic shaping. And, I'm just trying to assess what tools are in my tool bag so that i can readily deploy remedies as needs arise.
Again, thank you for your informative and caring responses (you too, StephenB). I continue to learn with every Hz.
One final thought, many of the clients that use the APs are stationary but not within hard wiring distance. Only a handful of clients are mobile.
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