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Wifi Signal Drops Consistantly with main router and 2 access point routers
Hi, I have the following setup at home: I have a main Netgear N300, router and have linked another Netgear N300 + a D-Link to extend my WiFi signal. I am using the same SSID and have done all the n...
With no NETGEAR Wireless Range Extenders & Repeaters (so kind of off-topic here) I understand you have three Wireless Access points bridging to the same LAN (no DHCP, no Internet interface, or the like used on the routers serving as AP only).
Then you have you have one or some WLAN clients accessing the same SSID (what makes perfect sense), which always get the same network config assigned by DHCP (from the main router).
With the clients able to "see" multiple or all AP, it's fully up to the client to select the appropriate AP (and band in case), and handle the roaming. If a client does roam to a different AP, it will loose the connection longer than what you would see if there are access points able to deal with fast roaming and pre-authentication - what permits mostly clean streaming or VoIP while roaming. With this consumer grate hardware, there is no pre-auth and fast roaming, so each roaming process is a connection loss, and complete re-association.
Afraid, impossible to understand "signal drop constantly" in this context.
Regards,
-Kurt.
Then you have you have one or some WLAN clients accessing the same SSID (what makes perfect sense), which always get the same network config assigned by DHCP (from the main router).
With the clients able to "see" multiple or all AP, it's fully up to the client to select the appropriate AP (and band in case), and handle the roaming. If a client does roam to a different AP, it will loose the connection longer than what you would see if there are access points able to deal with fast roaming and pre-authentication - what permits mostly clean streaming or VoIP while roaming. With this consumer grate hardware, there is no pre-auth and fast roaming, so each roaming process is a connection loss, and complete re-association.
Afraid, impossible to understand "signal drop constantly" in this context.
Regards,
-Kurt.