WiFi Access Point suggestions

[ddrueding]

How good is Android about connecting to the best AP when initially connecting?

Not particularly. My experience with Android, Windows, iOS, and OSX are all about the same. They maintain a list of APs and that list has priorities assigned to them. Of all the APs available, it will choose the one highest up the list rather than the one with the highest strength.

 

[timwhit]

Not particularly. My experience with Android, Windows, iOS, and OSX are all about the same. They maintain a list of APs and that list has priorities assigned to them. Of all the APs available, it will choose the one highest up the list rather than the one with the highest strength.

In this case, it's the same SSID with more than one AP.

 

[timwhit]

This looks interesting: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleron.wifiroamingfix&hl=en

 

[ddrueding]

In this case, it's the same SSID with more than one AP.

I don't know enough about how this works, but I suspect that there is additional information beyond SSID and security settings that differentiates APs. I number of places I've gone will show multiple networks even if they all have the same SSID/security (even going so far as to require the credentials be re-entered).

This looks interesting: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleron.wifiroamingfix&hl=en

That looks great, thanks for the tip.

 

[timwhit]

APs are differentiated by MAC address.

 

[timwhit]

This looks interesting: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heleron.wifiroamingfix&hl=en

I tested this when I got home from work and it seems to work pretty well. When the signal from an AP gets weak and another signal is stronger, it drops the WiFi and then reconnects. It takes a few seconds, but it does the trick.

It also works in my office, where it could see at 9 APs with the same SSID from my desk.