As far as my MacBook is concerned, I have 3 Wi-Fi Networks in my house, with different names (it is actually one network, with 2 repeaters). I move around the house and frequently use the 2 repeaters in particular. Quite often I lose connection to one of the repeaters, and my laptop will reconnect, but possibly to the farther repeater with a weaker signal, depending on the order of preference set in advanced network preferences. Because this signal may be quite weak, I may lose Internet connection using this Wi-Fi repeater, but my laptop will not try to connect to the repeater with the stronger signal.
The only way to get round this is to continually change my network preferences whenever I move around the house, which is very annoying.
Is there any way I can get my laptop to have no preference between the two repeaters, and to connect to which ever has the stronger signal?
This is not a duplicate question because the other question is asking how to enable an order of preference on an iphone and this question is asking how to disable it on a Macbook. Not surprisingly, none of the answers there answer my question.
Best Answer
No, not without special functionality on the accesspoints themselves.
The thing you are referring to is called wireless roaming, something that usually can't be done with simple consumer hardware.
As for OS X, it only reconnects when the current connection is lost. If you can make sure there is no overlap between the accesspoints or repeatets, the connection will always be lost and then you will switch to the next network. This might be possible in your situation if your repeaters or accesspoints allow you to reduce it's radio power in it's settings.