Didsable auto-switching that solved the problem for me. Thx👌
I think all the reports here show the same issue. I’ll try to write my suppositions here:
- Problem exists if there is more than one access point broadcasting the same SSID
- It then doesn’t matter if something like “Mesh” is configured or not.
- It is only a problem if more than one of the APs is “visible” to the Remote
- Initially remote connects to one AP (strongest?)
- When reconnecting (e.g. all 5 minutes if “Stay connected” is enabled and remote is set to go to sleep after 5 minutes) remote tries to connect to another AP and the AP failover fails leaving the network connection broken
Currently known fixes are:
- configure the WiFi so that remote is only allowed to connect to one specific AP
- create a separate SSID on the same AP Hardware that is only bound to one single AP
- create a complete separate WiFi network with only one AP and a different SSID
The bahaviour of “switching AP” can be found in the logs where the Mac-address of the APs that the remote tries to connect to is shown.
My suggestion to Unfolded Circle: Try to fix the Wifi driver or add an option to use a fixed AP (probably let us select Mac Address) and not try to automatically switch, if this cannot be fixed in driver
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As the Wifi chip firmware is closed source and developed by a third party vendor it’s unlikely they can request features. I’m not sure what you can do on the OS side.