Question

Hello,

In client mode, my device get stuck on the same AP even when there are anothers AP with same SSID with better signal quality.

Is there a way to force the device to connect to another AP with better signal when the signal quality drops ?

My configuration:

• HW : RUTX10
• FW : RUTX_R_00.07.03

Answer 1

Hello,

Currently there's no WebUI support for your desired configuration. It is planned to be added with 7.5 firmware version. However, at the moment, only SSH modifications are possible. To configure changes, please login to your router via CLI/SSH. Edit wireless configuration file with a text editor using the following command:

• vi /etc/config/wireless

Press letter i to enable editing and add the following options to config wifi-iface, which has option mode 'sta'  (your WiFi client instance)

         option bgscan 'simple'
         option short_interval '20'
         option long_interval '300'
         option signal_thresh '-50'

Once done, press Esc button, entre :wq and press Enter to save changes and exit. Then execute reload_config command.

See, if you get more satisfactory performance.

Explanation of the options:

• Short_interval - defines the interval between background scans (in seconds) if the actual signal level of the currently connected access point is worse than signal_strength (signal_thresh in wireless config).
• Long_interval - defines the interval between background scans (in seconds) if the actual signal level of the currently connected access point is better than signal_strength(signal_thresh in wireless config).
• Signal_thresh - defines a threshold (in dBm) that determines which one of the following two parameters (i.e., Short Interval or Long Interval) will be effective.

Best regards,

Comments

Thank you, it is working !