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shankar2

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Hi I have iPhone 6 running latest iOS 10

In home I have two wifi connections one the main wifi router connected to modem and another an extender

My question is does ios 10 smartly switch from one wifi connection to the other based on signal strength?

Should i just join one wifi connection or remember two?

Please advise Thanks!
 
No it won't, it will only disconnect from one WiFi network is the signal is unusable, then it will start searching for another preferred network. The best solution for this is to have your main WiFi router and extender use the same SSID, same password, but on a different channel, then you will roam more intelligently between them.
 
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Are u sure about having same ssid for both wifi n extender?!
 
Also I checked can't change channel of my extender

So i set router n extender to same ssid but both have same channel too

Any problems with this setup?
 
If your extender is a wireless repeater then the router and extender should have the same SSID and Channel. Everything on your wireless router is then repeated on your extender. This sounds like your setup. Note that throughput is reduced by about 50 percent in this setup since the repeater has to transmit and receive each frame on the same channel.

http://www.wireless-nets.com/resources/tutorials/wi-fi_repeaters.htm

The more efficient way is to have the extender or access point wired to your lan. In this case the extender should have the same SSID and be running on a different channel. This way the data does not have to be repeated and your iPhone will smartly switch to the device with the strongest signal.

Either way your iPhone should only be setup for one wifi network.
 
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