Asus "smart connect"

[Reef2009]

Hi guys,

I use an ASUS RT-AC68U and since today an extra Netgear R7000 AP-mode.
Looking in Netgear settings (before I switched to XWRT) I found a setting called "Smart connect".
This will automatically give my devices the best connection with best network performance. Whatever this will be 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz.

Two questions about this:
1. I thought my wireless device decides what connection is best..
2. Does Asus WRT (merlin) offer something similar like "Smart Connect".
3. I now have 2 SSID's "Wi-Fi" and "Wi-Fi-5G", should I change the 5G SSID to the same as 2.4Ghz?

For more info:
http://kb.netgear.com/25346/What-is...I-enable-or-disable-it-on-my-Nighthawk-router

 

[Wutikorn]

Hi guys,

I use an ASUS RT-AC68U and since today an extra Netgear R7000 AP-mode.
Looking in Netgear settings (before I switched to XWRT) I found a setting called "Smart connect".
This will automatically give my devices the best connection with best network performance. Whatever this will be 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz.

Two questions about this:
1. I thought my wireless device decides what connection is best..
2. Does Asus WRT (merlin) offer something similar like "Smart Connect".
3. I now have 2 SSID's "Wi-Fi" and "Wi-Fi-5G", should I change the 5G SSID to the same as 2.4Ghz?

For more info:
http://kb.netgear.com/25346/What-is...I-enable-or-disable-it-on-my-Nighthawk-router

1. From my experience, some clients do not know to connect to 5G when it has strong signal, while some do, so Smart Connect helps some clients
2. Yes and no, Smart connect is only available in a few models such as AC88U which has firmware based on newer SDK required for this function . So unless Asus update SDK for AC68U, it's impossible for us to get that function. RMerlin said that it is unlikely for Asus to update SDK for AC68U just to get smart connect function
3. If it is the same way as Asus, both frequencies should have the same name.