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Help switching wi-fi networks

smallclone

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Dec 6, 2010
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Hi,

I have 2 networks in my home. different names. One upstairs, one down.

If I'm upstairs and it connects to network 1, then I go downstairs, the signal strength is very very low. But it keeps trying to connect to this network, instead of the downstairs one which signal is much stronger.

Any way to tell it to search for the strongest network that I have access to and connect to that one - instead of the last one?

Thanks
 
A bit off-topic, but why two networks? I have two routers in my house, with one set up as an access point. They both have the same SSID. My phone transitions seamlessly between them when I walk through the house.

Powerlines. If I setup 2 networks as the same name and password will the device swap between them with best signal?

I don't see why there will be a difference as they are still 2 networks.

But I can give it a try.
 
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Powerlines. If I setup 2 networks as the same name and password will the device swap between them with best signal?

I don't see why there will be a difference as they are still 2 networks.

But I can give it a try.

I think the poster was suggesting not two networks but one wireless router and the other just an access point, think of it as an extender, to the first router.
Good luck !
 
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OP - "Remember and auto-login" are usually under "network" if not under "settings." That said, I don't think there's a way to bump from one wifi network to the next depending on strongest signal. Phones are set up to do that with cell towers but not wifi. There's likely no written programming/protocol in the OS to account for wifi switiching. I wouldn't expect device makers to make a priority out of this as it's not a true necessity in a "phone" designed to pass signals through towers while mobile and manually by wifi when not on the carrier network.

If you turn off the auto-login, you'll still need to manually disconnect wifi and choose which network every time you go upstairs and downstairs to the different wifi network coverage zones.

Repeaters/extenders should simply be re-broadcasting the original signal; but I don't know specifically if they re-broadcast the same signal under a different name (e.g. X vs X1). I don't think extenders require individual names though so in that case there should only be one network visible.
 
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If you connect your phone to one SSID it will stay connected to that same one as long as it has a viable signal, even if it is low signal strength. A typical BGN router will have enough signal strength to cover your average two story home, and then some.

I can usually see up to 6 different SSIDs from inside my home and mine isn't always the strongest in every location but the phone stays hooked up unless that signal drops to an unusable level.
 
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