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    15 years later and multi AP setups are still terrible

    This was a thorn in my side when I first moved into an apartment larger than a single AP could cover efficiently... that was 15 years ago. And it still a problem for me today. It is one of things I keep saying to myself... have we really not found a solution to this problem yet? With all of the...
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    Are most devices smart enough to connect to the strongest AP w/ multiple APs, same SSID?

    It might not be expectations in your case. There are outliers and exceptions to everything. You might have a particularly awesome environment or phone. But I would be willing to bet that if we walked into 10 multi-ap/single SSID setups and ran that ping test almost all of them would be closer to...
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    Are most devices smart enough to connect to the strongest AP w/ multiple APs, same SSID?

    I think that can probably be explained in large part by expectations. I've had friends over to my house with their iPhones/iPads and as they walk around their house and it takes their devices several minutes to jump from one AP to another... they think nothing of it. A few have even commented on...
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    Are most devices smart enough to connect to the strongest AP w/ multiple APs, same SSID?

    I have never seen a client device do this well. My biggest wireless frustration and pet peeve... by far. I ran UniFi Zero Handoff for a little while, and it was the closest to acceptable I have come. Maybe my expectations for roaming are too high. iDevices are the worst for me. I often have to...
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    Article Discussion: How Many SSIDs Is Too Many?

    It is possible that I have higher expectations for wireless roaming, but the same experience is reported to me by staff and clients. And, regarding iDevices, if you go over to the Apple forums you will read dozens and dozens of posts about this. There, it seems widely accepted that iOS in...
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    Article Discussion: How Many SSIDs Is Too Many?

    It might be a bug. But if so, it is a bug that every client I've ever worked with has. Linux, Windows, MACs, and especially iDevices. My personal iPhone is terrible at letting go of weak signals to jump to stronger ones. Even in my own house, where there are two APs with 1 SSID. I walk from one...
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    Article Discussion: How Many SSIDs Is Too Many?

    This doesn't address the issue of sticky clients (or maybe it did and my reading comprehension sucks today), but that is the main reason I usually consider keeping multiple SSIDs. It comes down to what I find more annoying... having to manually join a new AP when I walk from one area to the...
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    Large home, roaming wireless setup

    Minimum RSSI won't work with Zero Handoff. But might be a good alternative. Roaming is no longer my issue, however. At least not with these Unifi APs. Zero Handoff is working well with them. General range and signal strength are the problems I'm having with them. Someone suggested I play around...
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    Large home, roaming wireless setup

    Yeah, I am starting to think I've been spoiled by this Netgear AP. I picked it up randomly at BestBuy... who knew it would be such a rock star? Just to update this thread. I've decided to donate my UniFi APs to the local animal shelter and will be setting them up there this week. In addition to...
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    Large home, roaming wireless setup

    Thanks for this info. I just upgraded to the latest Beta, 3.2.5 and was told it will be released next week. It is wall mounted. Ceiling isn't an option for me in this room, unfortunately. I tried it in several different locations and heights. The Netgear that offered better range just sits on...
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    Large home, roaming wireless setup

    Hi all, Just a quick update. The APs arrived and were a breeze to setup... actually, kind of fun. If setting up access points can be considered fun. The controller software is working, and I am pretty impressed with it. I don't have a lot of experience with enterprise grade wifi...
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    Large home, roaming wireless setup

    Ordered two of the Unifi Long Range AP's - Should have them early next week. I don't mind running the software on a local machine. I have one that stays on all the time anyway, and I will just install it there, or run it from a VM on that machine. That doesn't strike me as a big deal at all...
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    Large home, roaming wireless setup

    Thanks for all of this info. While poking around the internet trying to find solutions for this, I stumbled upon the following article right here on this very site...
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    Large home, roaming wireless setup

    Well that is frustrating to read. With the explosion of mobile technology, I would think this is a common problem that would have been solved by now. I don't know about you guys, but I am walking around my house all day long. That means I am manually switching between access point... all day...
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    Large home, roaming wireless setup

    I moved into a large house recently and to make sure I had wireless coverage I setup several access points connected via MOCA. The coverage is great, from the road outside our house all the way to the back of my back yard. Couldn't be happier about that. Yet, I want to pull my hair out at...
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    MoCA security concerns

    Yeah, I doubt my situation is the norm. I live in a fairly remote area and the cable network is local... it is not maintained by a larger company. We are not talking about Comcast or Road Runner here. It was locally built, and is locally managed - so may not utilize some of the modern...
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    MoCA security concerns

    Thanks for the reply. I have two questions though... First, I just found this document: http://support.actiontec.com/doc_files/ECB2500_Configuration_Guide_v1.1_NCS.pdf Which states: That seems to imply encryption is off by default. Second, in regards to the distribution amp... I am...
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    MoCA security concerns

    Hi everyone, I've been running a MoCA installation in my new house for a few weeks now. It has been working great. But I am having trouble convincing myself that this is a secure setup. I'm using a pretty standard 2 adapter residential configuration. As illustrated in the simple diagram...
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    Bought our dream house! Looking for advice

    Oops, I guess this explains it! http://cdn4.thetechjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/images/1202/1328200827-netgear-mcab1001-moca-coaxethernet-adapter-kit-2.jpg And I think I found an old post of yours where you mention that Moca outperformed Powerline for you. Is that true? And any idea if...
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    Bought our dream house! Looking for advice

    Hmmm, yes. Moca. I hadn't considered it. The house does have coax runs to the main areas I am concerned about (for TV)... Would the Actiontec product work? (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008C1JC4O/?tag=snbforums-20) This would replace the powerline adapter in my scenario, correct? But...
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