Signal Strength Switch to new AP?

At what signal strength will an access point switch over to the next access
point in an infrastructure and can it be manually forced? The best I have
been able to do is shut one off to force it to switch to the next one. The
original connection will stay with the original AP even if the strength is
poor and I am standing right next to the other one. Both are Linksys
BEFW11S4.

"DJL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> At what signal strength will an access point switch over to the next
> access point in an infrastructure and can it be manually forced?

It depends on the drivers, but from my experience it won't switch unless it
absolutely has to.

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> "DJL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> > At what signal strength will an access point switch over to the next
> > access point in an infrastructure and can it be manually forced?
>
> It depends on the drivers, but from my experience it won't switch unless
it
> absolutely has to.
>
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My understanding is that different manufacturers use different schemes.
Some switch when you are closer to a stronger signal. Others don't switch
until the association with the old AP is about to break.

Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.

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> "DJL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>
> > At what signal strength will an access point switch over to the next
> > access point in an infrastructure and can it be manually forced?
>
> It depends on the drivers, but from my experience it won't switch unless
it
> absolutely has to.
>
> --
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That has been my experience with Linksys gear, so it appears it is working
correctly just not the way I thought it should or misunderstood when they
said it would switch it didn't say it would switch only when the other AP
signal is about spent. It would be nice if you could manually switch to
another AP easily vice turning off the other or further away one.

"Ron Bandes" <RunderscoreBandes @yah00.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > > At what signal strength will an access point switch over to the next
> > > access point in an infrastructure and can it be manually forced?
> >
> > It depends on the drivers, but from my experience it won't switch unless
> it
> > absolutely has to.
> >
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> > Lucas Tam ((E-Mail Removed))
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> My understanding is that different manufacturers use different schemes.
> Some switch when you are closer to a stronger signal. Others don't switch
> until the association with the old AP is about to break.
>
> Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.
>
>

That has been my experience with Linksys gear, so it appears it is working
correctly just not the way I thought it should or misunderstood when they
said it would switch it didn't say it would switch only when the other AP
signal is about spent. It would be nice if you could manually switch to
another AP easily vice turning off the other or further away one.