Wi-Fi roaming assistant (between 2.4ghz and 5ghz)

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Re: Wi-Fi roaming assistant (between 2.4ghz and 5ghz)

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Ive mocked up ideas for this.
There’s a good change coming in upstream Openwrt which might enhance this as well (being able to query STAs to find their capability).
http://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoyle_ispyisail.php for the latest releases
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Re: Wi-Fi roaming assistant (between 2.4ghz and 5ghz)

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By "mocked up", you mean something like "gathered/collected"?

If so, great to know that you're still interested in this!
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Re: Wi-Fi roaming assistant (between 2.4ghz and 5ghz)

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Tested basic command to check if you can push a client between bands.
You can’t. But you can encourage them to do it themselves.
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Re: Wi-Fi roaming assistant (between 2.4ghz and 5ghz)

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Lantis wrote:Ive mocked up ideas for this.
There’s a good change coming in upstream Openwrt which might enhance this as well (being able to query STAs to find their capability).
Is this what "Band Steering" it's all about? Didn't know the Router/AP could do that.

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Re: Wi-Fi roaming assistant (between 2.4ghz and 5ghz)

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Yes :)
The AP can push between them if they are handled by a single hostapd instance. Otherwise you need to be a bit clever.
http://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoyle_ispyisail.php for the latest releases
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