Two routers - same SSID - signal overlap issues

[unkle007]

Hi all.

I have a house with thick stone walls so set up a second wireless router that is connected to the main router via Ethernet cable (fed through a couple of walls). There are a couple of places where the signal from both routers is pretty strong which seems to lead to an issue with devices constantly switching between the two and therefore poor performance.

Has anyone got any suggestions on what can be done here - the only constraint is that I can't move the location of the first or second router!

Thanks a lot

 

[Lutfij]

You might want to change the SSID naming on one of the routers. You could also change the signal strength and the channel on which one of the two routers are broadcasting. In your case, you should've gone for a range extender instead of a second router, it'd have been a cheaper option and all it'd have done is taken the existing broadcast signal from your original router and just extended it's range.

Can you please pass on the make and model of both your wireless routers?

 

[bill001g]

There is no real solution to this the end device is responsible for selection not the routers. It would be nice if it worked like a cell phone where the tower controls what you connect to and when it switches.

Normally the problem is the reverse. It will stay connected to a poor signal even when you are standing on top of the other signal.

There is a setting in many devices that set when it tries to switch. Some things call it roaming aggressiveness but it does not have a standard name even between pc nic much less phone or tables. Still most devices have a setting.

The end device is really limited. It only has a single radio so it can not scan for other devices. It will only scan when the signal drops below a certain level. It will then use the radio to scan and pick what it thinks is best. Pretty much you get it being stuck to one when it shouldn't or it constantly is looking for better signals. All you can do is try to minimize the problem.

Be sure your devices are on different radio channels. You should set them to 20mhz on the 2.4g band because if they are set to 40mhz then 2 devices can not fit in the 60mhz bandwidth