Powerline adapter vs roaming and channels?

ewwatson · May 24, 2015

I hooked up a TP-LINK TL-WPA4220KIT ADVANCED 300Mbps Universal WiFi Range Extender, Repeater, AV500 Powerline Edition, onto my ASUS (RT-AC68U) Wireless-AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Router.

I'm using 5GHz channel on the router. The TP-LINK only uses 2.4GHz. I want to use the same SSID on the TP-LINK so it can roam without me having to manually switch. So how will this work? Will my ipad/iphone switch to the TP-LINk 2.4GHz channel by themselves? What if I enable roaming assistant on the router?

Or am I better off keeping the TP-LINK with the different SSID for more control?

thiggins · May 24, 2015

There is no correct answer. Roaming performance depends on the client. You'll need to try both ways and see what works for you.

ewwatson · May 24, 2015

I have an iPad air 2 and an iPhone 6. surely there is a constant with these devices and the result is well tested.

L&LD · May 24, 2015

ewwatson said:
I have an iPad air 2 and an iPhone 6. surely there is a constant with these devices and the result is well tested.

The constant is that testing for the environment it will be used in is necessary. General statements are just that; an indication of what 'should' happen.

azazel1024 · May 26, 2015

L&LD said:
The constant is that testing for the environment it will be used in is necessary. General statements are just that; an indication of what 'should' happen.

Correct. All of my devices, including an iPad 2, iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 roam well between my 3 access points. That said, your results may vary. could just be the layout of my house, the specific routers/router in AP mode that I am running, etc. It works well for me.

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