Flying Dutchman
Regular Contributor
I have 2 times an EAX-80, connected over cat7 cable to a Ubiquiti ER-12 router.
Both EAX-80 are set to AP, carrying the same SSID but are set to different channels.
When I go around my place there are locations where only one AP can be seen, but also a location where both are almost equal in signal strength.
I have a Sony Xperia XZ2Compact, Android 10. Speedtest shows about 500 Mb/s up and down (1 Gb/s provider-speed), so that is great.
1) Handover from AP1 to AP2 is not working seamless. When I listen to an internet radio station it stops streaming. Have to manually restart.
2) My phone tries to keep in contact with the first AP, even when the 2nd AP is much, much stronger.
What makes a network work seamless?
Is it the router who switches the client (in my case my phone) to the best AP?
Do I use equal SSID's?
Do I set both AP's on the same channel?
Do I have to connect AP2 directly to AP1 instead of both to the router (serial instead of star configuration)?
Or do I have to buy Ubiquiti AP's as well to make it work?
I have searched the internet, read a lot but didn't find the answers.
I want a professional solution. I am not looking for a mesh solution.
How do professional network engineers solve this?
Both EAX-80 are set to AP, carrying the same SSID but are set to different channels.
When I go around my place there are locations where only one AP can be seen, but also a location where both are almost equal in signal strength.
I have a Sony Xperia XZ2Compact, Android 10. Speedtest shows about 500 Mb/s up and down (1 Gb/s provider-speed), so that is great.
1) Handover from AP1 to AP2 is not working seamless. When I listen to an internet radio station it stops streaming. Have to manually restart.
2) My phone tries to keep in contact with the first AP, even when the 2nd AP is much, much stronger.
What makes a network work seamless?
Is it the router who switches the client (in my case my phone) to the best AP?
Do I use equal SSID's?
Do I set both AP's on the same channel?
Do I have to connect AP2 directly to AP1 instead of both to the router (serial instead of star configuration)?
Or do I have to buy Ubiquiti AP's as well to make it work?
I have searched the internet, read a lot but didn't find the answers.
I want a professional solution. I am not looking for a mesh solution.
How do professional network engineers solve this?
