Yup, I’ve seen those features in some of the models - an AP will hand off a client to a different AP automagically as necessary.
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tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks agoThis is the right approach.
I personally use UniFi 6 dishes for my APs, and am never going back to “consumer”.
A note unsaid: typically these also handle band steering and roaming awareness. This means that you can walk from one AP to another and they will connect you seamlessly without fighting over who is stronger, and will adapt to prevent collisions.
Not sure about Aruba (almost guaranteed they have the same), but you want the options to deploy a Wifi config universally across your house, with each member being aware of and cooperating with the others. In UniFi case, they will occasionally scan the spectrum and auto assign the channels for what is least crowded in the range. The group automatically avoids each other during this process and it’s beautiful.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Yup, I have my Unifi gear for the automated allocation like you said, though I think pretty much every SOHO manufacturer does this to some degree these days.