You must be sure you have exactly the same authentication settings on the Wireless interface of the APs. I faced a similar problem (slow roaming - or no roaming at all) even with OSX 10.10.x - I have 2 AP, one Technicolor and one Cisco-Linksys connected to the same switch and broadcasting the same SSDI on different radio channels.Īfter some investigation I found a solution. Now that AirPlay and AirDrop and continuity exploit the MIMO antennas that are shipping across the Apple hardware ecosystem, we now get better roaming since the hardware is more capable. The software was designed to keep a fair connection alive as long as possible rather than hop around always looking for a better connection.
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Prior Yosemite, I've not seen instructions on how to enable this so I believe it's part of the drivers that were updated for 10.10. So, you can just update your OS on the Airport basestations as well as install Yosemite to take advantage of the changes. You don't need to do anything as it's turned on by default. Note, this preference isn’t permanent, so you may need to automate this or issue it for specific problem situations or network providers.Īpple has introduced roaming across it's ecosystem with iOS 8 and OS X 10.10.
Run the command to see the options, up the top you'll see a section on how to sec preferences.įor instance: sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/Versions/A/Resources/airport prefs joinMode=Strongest You can change the system preferences for JoinMode and JoinModeFallback to be the following: JoinMode (String)ĭo this using the airport command: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/Versions/A/Resources/airport
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