R6300 AP roaming

[whsbuss]

Today I decided to take the old R6300v1 out of the closet and connect it downstairs as an AP ethernet connected back to my switch. My main AP is the RT-AC68R (connected to my FiOS actiontec which is the primary router).

So using Merlin's 580.59 FW I set the min RSSI to -70 which works great. When I'm downstairs in the family room the RSSI floats between -69 and -71 so it disconnect my devices. Then it reconnects instantly to the R6300 AP in the same room. 5G and 2.4G has different channels with enough spacing to reduce interference.

However when I go back upstairs my devices stay connected to the R6300 even though the RSSI sits at -72. Is there anyway to implement an RSSI or something similar in the R6300 to drop the lower connection?

 

[netwrks]

There's nothing in Netgear firmware. Perhaps Tomato for R6300, will work better.

 

[whsbuss]

There's nothing in Netgear firmware. Perhaps Tomato for R6300, will work better.

I'll check. DD-WRT doesn't support like ASUS/Merlin does.

 

[whsbuss]

Unfortunately Tomato only does R6300v2 and mine is a ver.1 - not sure they support roaming anyway.

 

[netwrks]

I have loaded, and was running this version (tomato-Netgear-R6300V1_RT-AC6x--132-AIO-64K) on a v1 6300. Didn't play with the wireless, as I used the router for a DHCP Server. My 6300 is now powered off, so I can't check the wifi settings..

 

[sfx2000]

What are your SSID's between the different AP's - if they're different, the client is going to definitely camp until the 1st SSID is lost...

Common SSID is something to consider with a multiple AP approach...