Roaming on XT8

[massaquah]

Has anoyone else encountered issues regarding roaming?
I tried the latest RC as well as the most recent official firmware but always after a couple of hours or a few days my OnePlus 8 Pro gets "sticky" and stops roaming between my two XT8 nodes.
I tried every combination of roaming assistant, agile multiband, smart connect, beamforming etc. but didn't notice any positive effect.
I had an Orbi RBK50 before and everything did work. So I am hesitant to blame my phone.....

 

[Darren Rockach]

Has anoyone else encountered issues regarding roaming?
I tried the latest RC as well as the most recent official firmware but always after a couple of hours or a few days my OnePlus 8 Pro gets "sticky" and stops roaming between my two XT8 nodes.
I tried every combination of roaming assistant, agile multiband, smart connect, beamforming etc. but didn't notice any positive effect.
I had an Orbi RBK50 before and everything did work. So I am hesitant to blame my phone.....

Have you tried setting the option on your phone to use the device MAC address rather than a randomised one? If not might be worth a try.

 

[massaquah]

Yep, already tried that but that setting did not have any effect on this issue.

 

[KingBravery]

I think you need to do trial and error the RSSI value in Smart Connect rule..

 

[DalleV]

Old post. But yeah i also have weird roaming issues with xt8. Have read just about every thread and followed every guideline, all leading to a dead end. In the majority of threads it is recommended not to use smart connect at all.

 

[Tech9]

For better roaming you may have to reduce the power until the signal level to the client between the APs goes down to about -72dBm. With Smart Connect enabled involving longer range 2.4GHz radio you have to reduce this band power even further with -6/7dB compared to 5GHz radio. Unfortunately, Asus and AiMesh don't have the tools needed for precise system tuning. Being in Europe you have different power limits* per band and channel, Asus doesn't have dBm numbers, AiMesh doesn't have per AP settings and used antenna gain in dBi is not accounted for. You best method is trial and error, last resort break AiMesh and adjust settings in AP Mode per AP. The system will be more stable as well, but you won't have Guest Network propagation to nodes.

* - up to 20dBm on 2.4GHz, up to 23dBm on non-DSF 5GHz, up to 30dBm on DFS 5GHz