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XWNB5201 setup & roaming
I just purchased the XWNB5201 Powerline 500Mbps to N300 Wi-Fi Access Point for use with an existing Netgear WNR1000 Wireless-N router. It's for use in a large house with concrete walls. The WNR100...
That is, if someone with a tablet, laptop, or cell phone goes from the room where the router is to the room where the extender is, will the coverage continue seamlessly or will they lose coverage? Is there anything I can do in the setup to make the roaming more seamless?
Using same SSID will help on roaming but also not always perfect to say for the consumer items. Access point for consumer is not greatly design of roaming seamless.
It's common to see it will keep hanging to the first access point while you may still are closer proximity to the other AP.