Seamless Hand-Off Roaming
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Does (or should) the Amplifi Mesh Network have seamless hand-off when roaming between meshed access points?
Right now my iPhone disconnects from the WiFi network (dropping all internet connectivity) when it switches between mesh access points.
So if I receive a FaceTime call or video chat, I essentially have to stay fixed within the home or risk being disconnected each time I move too far away from the access point I was connected to when the session started.I just want to level set my own expectations, as I anticipated I would be able to freely roam while streaming.
Thanks
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@derek-saville Hi Derek! We do support 802.11r and 802.11k (both in beta currently), which make the transition between access points faster. The rest is in the hands of your phone, its OS and the application itself. It's the best technology currently available, but from what we've seen, support on phones is not great.
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@ubnt-gunars Thank you very much for the feedback and confirmation of 802.11r & k.
I am really looking forward to the next firmware updates.
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I have the same issues, have a big house and when we move around between floors or between the router and a mesh point, we frequently lose connection.
The worst is that it frequently doesn't connect back, instead you have to disable/enable Wifi on the devices (same for Macs, Win 10 PC, iPhones, iPads, Nintendo Switch and Android devices).
Support suggested I disable band steering, and create two discrete networks.
Any idea if that will actually help?
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@ubnt-gunars said in Seamless Hand-Off Roaming:
@derek-saville Hi Derek! We do support 802.11r and 802.11k (both in beta currently), which make the transition between access points faster. The rest is in the hands of your phone, its OS and the application itself. It's the best technology currently available, but from what we've seen, support on phones is not great.
It's not working as well as on UniFi AP's. Any reason for this?
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@peter-farrar copying @Dmitrijs-Ivanovs
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@Derek-Saville, @Calle-Liljeholm, @Peter-Farrar: Hi all! Please try the latest beta firmware with fast roaming.
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@ubnt-gunars said in Seamless Hand-Off Roaming:
@Derek-Saville, @Calle-Liljeholm, @Peter-Farrar: Hi all! Please try the latest beta firmware with fast roaming.
I can vouch, it works flawlessly.
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It’s definitely showing a big improvement on Apple devices. It seems to work just as well as it does on my UniFi AP’s at work now.