BE92U roaming issues between 5/6ghz bands.

[kakashisensei]

Saw a good deal at best buy for this plus 15% with old router recycling, so decided to bite the bullet even though I saw reports of alot of issues. I am only planning to run it as AP only with AI mesh nodes. So far, the only issue I am having is devices transitioning between 5/6ghz and vice versa. Only testing in wifi 6e ax, wifi 7 mode turned off.

When using smart connect + same ssid network, my phone will switch between 5/6ghz when I cross the signal quality thresholds and the data works for like ~10 seconds. Then the data stops working and my phone drops wifi to cellular, before hoping back to wifi after 20 -30 seconds or so.

When using a dedicated ssid for each 5/6ghz band. My phone will switch to 5ghz when 6ghz signal goes low, but is inconsistent switching back to 6ghz network when i get back in good range.

I havent even added my ai mesh node yet, which is an ax58u v2 and only 5ghz will be meshed. With the ax58u, it worked seamlessly with an ac68u mesh node, but those were 5ghz only.

 

[Tech9]

my phone

Never jump into conclusions when testing with single client. The client may have issues switching between 5GHz and 6GHz bands, you don't know. For this particular client it doesn't matter what band it till be connected to. You have purchased a device with known connectivity issues just because of "good deal", the intended use makes almost all features on it useless and you are wasting time to test functionality with no real life user experience improvements. I guess, you have extra time and money to burn.

 

[kakashisensei]

wow thats quite some judgmental attitude you got there. hope you dont treat everyone with that generosity. yea i want 6ghz because my neighborhood has alot of 5ghz networks, and i get kicked off dfs a few times a month. just looking for some help but see i came to the wrong place.

 

[jzchen]

I'm afraid @Tech9 woke up on the wrong side of the bed....

What he really means is the transition from band to band is called band steering, and I am not sure it falls under the seamless roaming of AiMesh, which is from node to node.

Once you add the AiMesh node things may work better, because I noticed even with a single router Roaming Assistant is by default on, and I would recommend turning that off for sole router use.

Also consider turning on WiFi Agile Multiband on all channels...

 

[Tech9]

i want 6ghz because my neighborhood has alot of 5ghz networks, and i get kicked off dfs a few times a month

The many neighborhood 5GHz networks are short range and unrelated to DFS monitoring mechanism. I see like 10x 5GHz networks around my place, all at -80dBm signal level or lower, most close to the environment noise floor, none affect much my own Wi-Fi. What you want is even shorter range, the client you are testing with doesn't care and the built-in non user controllable power saving features on it may produce totally unreliable testing results. The device you have purchased in indeed troublesome, the AiMesh you are planning is limited compatibility, you have to script VLAN support in order to have simple Guest Network and Band Steering (similar to Roaming) is a client decision. Good luck!

 

[thiggins]

I guess, you have extra time and money to burn.

@Tech9 Please skip the commentary.