Other manufacturers provide possibility to set the roaming threshold unlike apple. It has one fixed level at -70dbm. But anyway, mikrotik should have implemented 802.11k and 802.11r long time ago… I wonder when we will have it.
Disconnecting a client with a bad signal is not always the best solution: if the client moves closer to another AP then it may reconnect to the nearest one, but if the client moves far away from all APs, then he gets no service.
My two cents:
Maybe it could be made reliably with dedicated hardware: an AP composed by two radios, one normal and one that keeps scanning the frequencies and informs the CAPsMAN server about what each AP can sense, when CAPsMAN sees that a mac-address is received better on another managed AP, he can decide to try to disconnect/deauth the client from the previous AP.
This doesn’t say anything about the position of the client. Maybe not scanning but sniffing the traffic could be helpful.
Reviving this one as more vendors are adding this now.
can Mikrotik add 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v to CAPsMan
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202628
https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/WiFi_Basics_and_Best_Practices/802.11k_and_802.11r_Overview
http://www.engeniustech.com/resources/Neutron_Solution_Datasheet.pdf
Is there any new regarding the support of roaming in the way Ruckus do is (virtual ap in their terminology)?
the new wireless-rep package in 6.35rc has “Station Roaming support”
is working? if somebody has using, can we tell something about it?
how is the setup?
thanks
Pretty sure station roaming allows the MikroTik to roam when it is in station mode… e.g. it does nothing if the mikrotik is acting as an access point.
This is exactly what is it about.
Yes, I second the request to have a single channel/single-MAC architecture.
But we all should be aware that this technology will definitely need more horsepower hardware-wise to ensure all APs are sync.
Meru has dedicated ASICs in their APs, Extricom (with their Channel Blanket technology) have the processing power in their controllers.
I’m dealing with huge Extricom and Meru deployments almost every day and I must admit that I really love the way they work.
Especially when it comes to high density environments and multiplpe, non-interfering APs on the same channel with the same MAC address can communicate with multiple clients at multiple locations in the very same time slot - Extricom calls it “True Reuse” - I don’t remember the Meru term for this.
To cut a long story short - all of us who want this feature should be 100% aware that we’ll pay a lot more for the supporting hardware - especially when looking at the compeititors pricing…
Just my two cents,
-Chris
If you actually understand the request: why do you sugest using the braindead (drop the client in the cold) ACL approach. A real wifi controller verifies that another AP is actually hearing the client and reception is better, then it will try use appropriate protocols for moving client if it supports it otherwise disconnect but then you know that the client is actually in range of another AP instead of leaving it out in the cold with no service at all instead of a low connection.
These standards have emerged from the different proprietary technics (It would be lovley if Mikrotik would support them: 802.11k, 802.11v, and 802.11r
I agree,we need this.
+1 from me. Currently we have to use other vendors wifi 
+1
Очень актуальный вопрос!!!
Спрос имеется огромный
+1
Controller based roaming would be fantastic
So, are we there yet? People tend to deploy expensive “proprietary” solutions only because of roaming support. We have few deployments that really need this, and there are problems with forceful disconnects from signal strength based access list entries.
+1
Please improve roaming.
Add actual standards 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v.. + controller based roaming would be great.+++
Please keep us informed in this issue ! Any comments from milkrotik ?! .. is it planed ? or is it no possible with current hardware ?
Oh, btw.
we need roaming.
It looks like Ubiquiti is developing 802.11rkv support for their unifi AC line. MikroTik should do the same to remain competitive.
Obviously someting was added in the latest 6.39 rc4 release…
No, this is station roaming, for MikroTik stations only (not phones, laptops, etc.)