TheLyppardMan
Very Senior Member
I notice that the default rules for Smart Connect are:
Does this, in theory at least, mean that if I took my mobile phone (for example), from within my house, where the RSSI was say -50 dBm on the 5 GHz band and walked outside, that once the received signal dropped below -82 dBm, my phone should switch to the 2.4 GHz band? If I then turned around and retraced my steps, should the phone stay on the 2.4 GHz band until the received signal was stronger than -62 dBm? This also raises the question, how often is the signal check made and given that Wi-Fi strength often fluctuates, if one is in the transition zone, i.e., between -62 & -82 dBm, is there is a likelihood that the device would keep on swapping bands and possibly causing breaks in continuity of data (which would be very annoying if it affected speech transmission when using WhatsApp for instance)?
Incidentally, I'm not using Smart Connect myself, but rather, separate SSIDs at the moment. I did briefly try the Smart Connect feature, but my Android tablet kept losing connection to my security camera, so I abandoned the idea. I'm only asking these questions to further educate myself.
Does this, in theory at least, mean that if I took my mobile phone (for example), from within my house, where the RSSI was say -50 dBm on the 5 GHz band and walked outside, that once the received signal dropped below -82 dBm, my phone should switch to the 2.4 GHz band? If I then turned around and retraced my steps, should the phone stay on the 2.4 GHz band until the received signal was stronger than -62 dBm? This also raises the question, how often is the signal check made and given that Wi-Fi strength often fluctuates, if one is in the transition zone, i.e., between -62 & -82 dBm, is there is a likelihood that the device would keep on swapping bands and possibly causing breaks in continuity of data (which would be very annoying if it affected speech transmission when using WhatsApp for instance)?
Incidentally, I'm not using Smart Connect myself, but rather, separate SSIDs at the moment. I did briefly try the Smart Connect feature, but my Android tablet kept losing connection to my security camera, so I abandoned the idea. I'm only asking these questions to further educate myself.
