Wireless issues, Multiple Access points-- Please help

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Tadpole11

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Hi All

I am totally newbie on this and just bought a house 4000sq feet and having wireless issues. I have read and reread multiple forums and came up with this.

1. I have only one access point in study on first floor of my house. I have main router/modem combo set up there.
2. I have used TP link power line adaptors to create additional access point in other far corner of the house in the family room (same floor) that requires wired connection. I have connected my old Dlink cable modem/router as router to TP link access point.
3. I have another TP link power line adaptor and router (both in one) in the basement.
4. Everything is set up to DHCP

Now my problems and questions

1. Some devices for some reason are not connecting to wifi signal from router in family room. Thats where TV is and it has Amazon fire stick. Fire stick continues to reestablish the connection with this wifi signal. My phone however is able to establish connection to this wifi router and gets speed of 20mbs


2. How do I set up for seamless roaming in the house so that devices change to best available signal. I have tried using same SSID /Password and different channel but my phone does not automatically switch when i go to another zone.

Any other comments or thoughts.

I really appreciate all your thoughts.

 
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Hard to say on your first problem I would turn off the other AP and see if the device are just picking the wrong radio.

Your second issue you will not get with home or even small business routers. In many cases you must load a special device driver that lets a central controller device tell your pc to switch....works similar to a cell tower system.

The default way it works is the device will connect to the strongest signal it find at the time. It will stay connected to that signal until it drops below a certain level at that point it will then again look for the strongest signal. Most device will not look for another AP until they signal becomes completely unusable. You can change this level on some device but now you run...
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bill001g

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Hard to say on your first problem I would turn off the other AP and see if the device are just picking the wrong radio.

Your second issue you will not get with home or even small business routers. In many cases you must load a special device driver that lets a central controller device tell your pc to switch....works similar to a cell tower system.

The default way it works is the device will connect to the strongest signal it find at the time. It will stay connected to that signal until it drops below a certain level at that point it will then again look for the strongest signal. Most device will not look for another AP until they signal becomes completely unusable. You can change this level on some device but now you run the risk of it constantly jumping back and forth if you set it to low.

Pretty much you can not do seamless roaming....in addition when you have powerline devices involved those also do not switch macs between devices real well.

Many times the best option is to actually use different SSID so you can control what you are connected to a person can generally decide better than any program when to switch.
 
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You probably wont get seamless roaming unless you purchase hardware that supports it. Consumer WIFI equipment does not have any "smarts" to help with roaming. You need APs with coordination between them. Ubiquiti and Engenius have products which can help with roaming.

It might seem odd, but turning DOWN the power of the APs can help roaming by making the transitions from one to another more pronounced.
 
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