How can I change the way Macbooks roam on the WiFi network? I would like to speedup the roaming of Macs (and maybe other devices).
Is there a setting on the Airport base stations or in Mac OS to speedup AP switching for example?
Currently the network is built around 1 main Switch interconnecting 1 router and 4 Airport base stations using the same SSID:
- 3 dual band Airport base stations
- 1 Airport 2.4GHz base station
On the 5GHz band, there is no overlap as each base station uses its own channel.
On the 2.4GHz band there is a very slight overlap between 2 base stations which are at opposite sides and at different stories of the building.
Best Answer
You can change the system preferences for
JoinMode
andJoinModeFallback
to be the following:Do this using the airport command:
Run the command to see the options, up the top you'll see a section on how to sec preferences.
For instance:
Note, this preference isn’t permanent, so you may need to automate this or issue it for specific problem situations or network providers.