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|    The Natural Philosopher to All    |
|    Re: More on wifi range - Pi PICO W Oil l    |
|    10 Dec 25 13:05:06    |
      MSGID: <10hbr62$1gt1t$1@dont-email.me> ae510f70       REPLY: <10hbqv5$1gdcg$1@dont-email.me> 0daa6530       PID: PyGate 1.5.2       TID: PyGate/Linux 1.5.2       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: 0000       REPLYADDR tnp@invalid.invalid       REPLYTO 3:633/10 UUCP       On 10/12/2025 13:01, Daniel James wrote:       > On 10/12/2025 10:29, c186282 wrote:       >> What we WANT is for a device connection to use       >> the BEST signal - whether that's the primary       >> router or an extender - and switch back and       >> forth automatically depending on the connection       >> quality. Looks like it CAN be done ... but ....       >        > I have a bunch of Ubiquity UbiFi access points around the house with        > wired backhaul to the router. They can also work with wireless backhaul,        > but we were having the house rewired so putting a load of CAT6 in, and a        > POE switch, was a no-brainer.       >        > They do exactly that. As a device moves between areas with different APs        > the APs detect which has the best signal and the one with the lower        > signal strength drops the connection. The device then reconnects and        > picks the one with the stronger signal.       >        Aha. So that's how they do it. No intelligence required in the client              So they talk to each other 'my client needs to be your client.'              That only happens with me when they go out of range completely.                            > They've been in place about four years, now, and seem to work well.       >               --        Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as        foolish, and by the rulers as useful.              (Seneca the Younger, 65 AD)                            --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2        * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/14 305 153/7715 154/110 218/700       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 112 134 200 206 275 300 317 400 426       SEEN-BY: 229/428 470 616 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 292/854 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/10 280 414 418 420 422       SEEN-BY: 633/509 2744 712/848 770/1 902/26 2320/105 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 633/10 280 229/426           |
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