Need Help with Signal Strength - Install of EAP245s

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Re:Need Help with Signal Strength - Install of EAP245s
2020-06-06 02:03:34

@JSchnee21 

Still shaking my head at your mbps for your cameras.

 

Wonder if the IQs handle things better???

 

Will let you know how it goes tomorrow.

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Re:Need Help with Signal Strength - Install of EAP245s
2020-06-06 02:27:17

My new indoor IQ's have 2x2 802.11ac.  So they'll do up to 866 Mbit/sec with a string connection.  But the video stream is only ~5Mbit/sec on Best quality, so it doesn't really mater

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Re:Need Help with Signal Strength - Install of EAP245s
2020-06-06 16:23:10

@JSchnee21 

I am set.

I found a spot in the garage that is giving me the following for those two nest cameras

 

-64 and 120mbps and -49 150mbps.

I can live with that.

 

THanks for the suggestion on the load balancing, this is nice!  Configuring my APs now so I can have some better roaming.

 

 

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Re:Need Help with Signal Strength - Install of EAP245s
2020-06-06 16:36:03

@JSchnee21 

Quick Question, did you Nest cameras show up with that hostname by default?

Were you able to change it within Omada at all?

All my cameras and a few other other devices show up as "unknown".  Would really like ot change this.

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Re:Need Help with Signal Strength - Install of EAP245s
2020-06-06 16:49:27 - last edited 2020-06-06 16:49:51

Hi @Lardo5150,

 

Great!

 

Just be careful with the load balance setting.  If you set the RSSI restriction too aggressively sometimes clients will just refuse to connect at all.  Or be connected for a while and then get bumped off as their RSSI changes.  For example, the RSSI of my Nest Hello changes throughout the day is it heats up cools off (it's in full sun on a South facing door).

 

I have not tried to rename any devices.  The nest names are how they were out of the box.  I don't think they can be changed.  The host name comes from the device itself -- that's generally where you set it.  Or, in some cases, it can be automatically assigned by the DHCP server.  Yes, I also have serveral unknowns.  I assume they are various IoT or wifi enabled "dumb" devices -- like my Keurig coffe maker.

 

Though it's name makes sense (device, MAC)

Keurig-b072bfb5ee7...

 

-Jonathan

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Re:Need Help with Signal Strength - Install of EAP245s
2020-06-06 17:04:31

@JSchnee21 

Yep, I thought of that, just going to watch the RSSI on specific devices that I want to roam or not roam.  See what they average out to be and go from there.

 

I just found that when my garage door is closed, with both cars in, my two cameras are where I need them.

I could not figure out why the one nest cam kept dropping this mornig, finally figured out when my garage door OPENS, it kills the signal to that one nest camera, LOL

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Re:Need Help with Signal Strength - Install of EAP245s
2020-06-06 17:07:45

(-:  Damn tinfoil hats! 

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