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Smart Connect - Am I understanding correctly?

TheLyppardMan

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I notice that the default rules for Smart Connect are:
Default Smart Connect Settings.jpg


Does this, in theory at least, mean that if I took my mobile phone (for example), from within my house, where the RSSI was say -50 dBm on the 5 GHz band and walked outside, that once the received signal dropped below -82 dBm, my phone should switch to the 2.4 GHz band? If I then turned around and retraced my steps, should the phone stay on the 2.4 GHz band until the received signal was stronger than -62 dBm? This also raises the question, how often is the signal check made and given that Wi-Fi strength often fluctuates, if one is in the transition zone, i.e., between -62 & -82 dBm, is there is a likelihood that the device would keep on swapping bands and possibly causing breaks in continuity of data (which would be very annoying if it affected speech transmission when using WhatsApp for instance)?

Incidentally, I'm not using Smart Connect myself, but rather, separate SSIDs at the moment. I did briefly try the Smart Connect feature, but my Android tablet kept losing connection to my security camera, so I abandoned the idea. I'm only asking these questions to further educate myself.
 
I am using Smart Connect and I am happy with its behavior. I agree this was not the case at the beginning because my wifi settings was not good.
I followed recommandation from @Tech9 from this post: In normal Wi-Fi environment with other networks around and IoT devices for maximun stability and compatibility I would set this router this way
This made really a huge difference and I am now very happy. I recommend you have a look and make your own tests.
Hope this will help you.
not a criticism of that post, and everybody should make their own decisions after testing, but shouldn't we secure our networks with WPA3 at this point in time as well as/in addition to having backwards compatibility with WPA2? (I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the only device on my network that doesn't support WPA3 is a printer/scanner that's becoming cost prohibitive to feed with ink and may soon find its way to the recycler, but it doesn't see my 5GHz wireless, so setting up my network to be WPA2 on 2.4GHz and WPA3 on 5GHz could be the preferred).
 
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but shouldn't we secure our networks with WPA3

If you can - go ahead. You have to run WPA3 only on all Wi-Fi interfaces for this. Mixed WPA2/WPA3 is not much more secure than WPA2. For extra security for your house you have to change all the locks and keys at all possible entrances, not just one.
 
not a criticism of that post, and everybody should make their own decisions after testing, but shouldn't we secure our networks with WPA3 at this point in time as well as/in addition to having backwards compatibility with WPA2? (I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the only device on my network that doesn't support WPA3 is a printer/scanner that's becoming cost prohibitive to feed with ink and may soon find its way to the recycler, but it doesn't see my 5GHz wireless, so setting up my network to be WPA2 on 2.4GHz and WPA3 on 5GHz could be the preferred).
I was refering the post as a guide, not to follow blindly the settings. I agree with you, people to do what they need, in particular regarding security.
I maybe should have added that I was pointing in particular the advanced settings. Sorry for the confusion.
 
I was refering the post as a guide

It will work well in most environments and to most clients, but Asus is still exposing too many unnecessary settings. This is only creating confusion on a consumer product. I have 1/3 of this on my UniFi system and clients stay connected forever.
 
if you ask me "Smart Connect" is stupid, it never really worked for me, same with AiMesh, it needs to be perfect and always work to be useful...
Much more stable are separate band SSID's and wired AP's, most wireless clients don't move, so Smart Connect doesn't apply to those...
Just my observation, maybe an opinion as well :cool:
 
I actually run dual-band single SSID on 8x radios and carrying 4x networks. Single SSID is not the problem. Smart Connect in Asus, actually coming from Broadcom, is just not the best version of it.
 

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