Is it recommended to set up 2 non mesh wifi/router as 1 ssid?, 'mesh' wifi on cheap ?
3 hours ago, Kilrah said:No, that doesn't support roaming so when your device is say connected to AP 1, you go closer to AP 2, your signal to AP 1 is now crappy while signal from AP 2 is full but your device stays connected to AP 1 until it drops out completely leading to terrible experience, and since you have the same SSIDs you can't even manually go to wifi settings and select AP 2.
Systems that support roaming will kick the device out of the weaker AP so it moves to the stronger one anytime there's one.
That's the pain we had to deal with before mesh/roaming setups became available at a consumer level.
Fun fact, which access point a device connects to is mostly determined by the host device, not the AP or WLC. There are some techniques around this but in general, it's the device itself that chooses which AP it is connected to.
Using the same SSID is not a great idea for other reasons though, and proper roaming setups have other advantages (such as the device not having to reauthenticate when moving from one AP to the next).
OP, just run two different SSIDs. It will give you similar performance but far greater control (like being able to manually change between the two).
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