Re: Better Switching Between Two Wireless Connections

"R. Mitchell" <probono@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[Works, but...]
>But, having said that, the roaming problems are not solved. Even
>though the have the same SSID, you still have to tell Windows to search
>for a network and then reconnect. It's just seems like there should be
>a setting in Windows to allow you to automatically search for and
>connect to a different, stronger wireless network when your current
>signal reaches a certain bad threshold (like "Low"). Is there any
>other software out there that would do that?

That was my question a while back, and it sounds like the answer is
(unfortunately) no. It should be pretty easy to do, but the folks in
Redmond are remarkably un-interested in our problems, as they are
working on a new OS with better icons and a new GUI. Sigh.

[There are some expensive systems with dumb radios that connect to a
central AP using wires, but mere mortals can't afford them.]

Oh, well, we've solved the "connect to the farthest-away AP because
it's got your preferred SSID" problem, but you can't have seamless
roaming (AFAIK).

.

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