Hi !
I would like to know your experience or if mikrotik routeros as wireless station does roaming and handoff?
what i mean is , if theres 2 aps with the same ssid i~m moving , a windows wireless driver will switch to the higher signal ap with the same ssid almost seamless ( 1 or 2 ping lost max).
does mikrotik as client work like that? or it will stick with the first associated ap until the signal from the first ap gone 100% and them it will connect to the other ap ( ap2?)
thanks!
gustkiller -
Well you can set the signal level in the wireless table to ‘dis-associate’ once a signal level has droped below a certain level in the CPE. I suppose that would simulate forcing the CPE to re-associate with the stronger AP. It only takes a second or so for this to happen - so yes that would a be a ping or two ‘delay’. If you just leave it alone then it would also eventually ‘swap’ over to the stronger AP as well with about the same amount of delay.
This is provided your network is ‘bridged’ with either a mesh protocol, or WDS/APs, so the network would appear ‘flat’ to the CPE. If you are going to change the IP then it takes whatever time it takes Windows to change the IP when it gets a new once from the new AP. (All this via DHCP).
R/
thanks!!!