Realizing on the new rMB that it will not roam between access points until it loses signal completely from the old one, or the signal is just that bad - if even that
I don't know if this is an issue in recent macbooks, however, I did not have an issue like this on my 2012 macbook air.
Wanted to know if anyone else has this issue, and if it is specific to the rMB or if it is common with all newer macbook models
In my house and office we don't have the fancy wifi roaming 802.11k protocols set up on our APs, so although by design it's not going to give us a smooth handoff between APs, I would at least expect a "hard handoff" where there is a second or two of packet loss while it forces to connect itself to the stronger AP - as what I am used to with my old macbook air.
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Playing around with this a bit more - I noticed that when I run some heavy data through, like go to youtube or run a speed test, it seems to be forcing itself to handoff to a stronger AP. It just doesn't do it automatically when the laptop just sits there and does nothing.
I don't know if this is an issue in recent macbooks, however, I did not have an issue like this on my 2012 macbook air.
Wanted to know if anyone else has this issue, and if it is specific to the rMB or if it is common with all newer macbook models
In my house and office we don't have the fancy wifi roaming 802.11k protocols set up on our APs, so although by design it's not going to give us a smooth handoff between APs, I would at least expect a "hard handoff" where there is a second or two of packet loss while it forces to connect itself to the stronger AP - as what I am used to with my old macbook air.
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Playing around with this a bit more - I noticed that when I run some heavy data through, like go to youtube or run a speed test, it seems to be forcing itself to handoff to a stronger AP. It just doesn't do it automatically when the laptop just sits there and does nothing.