Seamless roaming

Qinn

@johnpoz I can only concur with what you say. The only thing I have noticed since I am on the bleediing edge ;) firmware, is that the top interference on one of my nanoHD has dropped from between 12-15% to 3-6%, could not find any release notes of these versions and from what I see there release strategy is stable, rc and beta.

Rolling update is also a nice feature. I saw that when I customize columns they are not saved,, am I right?

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johnpoz

No when you customize they save.. Your talking about the columns for what is shown when you look at devices or ap right? Yeah if add something or remove something when I come back.. They are how I left them, like 99% sure that is the case.. Will check real quick.

yeah they stick, I had added that fast roaming column for a post a while back, just logged back in and its still there.

JeGr

Huh now you both make me wonder what cool new features for my homelab I'm missing by still sitting on stable versions... grml

Qinn

@johnpoz said in Seamless roaming:

No when you customize they save.. Your talking about the columns for what is shown when you look at devices or ap right? Yeah if add something or remove something when I come back.. They are how I left them, like 99% sure that is the case.. Will check real quick.

yeah they stick, I had added that fast roaming column for a post a while back, just logged back in and its still there.

Strange when I press devices, I see the 2 nanoHD's, then press I press

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Then I customize the columns, in my case enabled MAC Address and Version

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Exit and close the web browser, then restart and enter en these customization's are gone

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Btw in Firmware settings do you have auto upgrade enabled or do you manually?

johnpoz

Maybe that is a docker issue? Or a browser thing? Can tell you for sure columns stay customized here.

I would guess browser problem. You not letting it set cookies? What browser you using - latest firefox 78.01.. Never seen that issue before.

Qinn

@johnpoz I am on FF 78.0.1 also no idea what it is, tried Brave and all is well.

johnpoz

Docker thing then?? Never seen such an issue.. If I would have a beef about the settings - it would be that are not different per site ;) I have my site, and my sons on the same controller.. And when I set column for my devices/clients - and then switch to his site the settings are the same.

Would be nice if they were independent..

But they for sure saved, and when I come back even after closing the browser completely they are there.. But not sure if they are cookie based, or something in the controller itself.. Never had need or desire to look into ;)

Qinn

@johnpoz Doesn't seem a container thing, as of today i am using another container, which has the latest version.

johnpoz

From this

https://community.ui.com/questions/5-10-12-Stable-Release-Not-Saving-User-Interface-Changes/1dd1d1b2-7bdf-4a9d-a0dd-76f62a6b53b3?page=1

Which sounds exactly like you problem - its a cookie related thing..

So something in your browser settings?

edit: So took a look at the cookies, and yeah they are right there what columns you have selected, etc..

Qinn

@johnpoz Thanks for digging that one up. I think it's a "faux pas" that settings and customization are stored using cookies and not in the controller. As I also purge cookies, using a few plugins so, I tried to whitelist the ip address of the controller, disabled them -nothing then configured FF until now zilch, keep trying...

johnpoz

Yeah the debate of where to store such settings could be seen from both sides I think..

But since they are stored in cookies and you have settings to remove cookies, or filter them I would have to believe that is why your seeing the issue your seeing with your settings not surviving sessions..

I am not seeing such issues, but I don't delete cookies and have the settings in FF set in "Enhanced Tracking Protection" just on standard. Nor any addons or such, or any 3rd party security software that would mess with cookies..

Qinn

@johnpoz Solved and this is one in the category " if at first you don't succeed ;)

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1200198

the only thing that worked was

For #2:

You can use the Exceptions button on the Options page, but the formatting can be particular. It may be easier to use the Permissions panel of the Page Info dialog while you're on the site that should be allowed to set cookies. You can call that up using either:

right-click a blank area of the page and choose View Page Info > Permissions
(menu bar) Tools menu > Page Info > Permissions

Scroll down to "Set Cookies" and uncheck the "Use default" box, and then select the permission you prefer (in this case, "Allow").

Changes are saved as you go, so you can close this dialog when you're finished.

Qinn

....and added it to the community ;)

https://community.ui.com/questions/5-10-12-Stable-Release-Not-Saving-User-Interface-Changes/1dd1d1b2-7bdf-4a9d-a0dd-76f62a6b53b3?page=2

johnpoz

Nice way to give back!

Qinn

@johnpoz I just saw update beta 5.24.0.11950, do you use auto update or not?

johnpoz

I never auto update anything ;) But yeah I updated to 5.24 on my 3 AP... have not updated my son's flexHD as of yet.. waiting for good time to take his network down ;) Just in case something goes wonky... He is working from home and he would kill me if he lost internet because of me updating his firmware remotely ;)

Most of the updates seems geared towards the new uap 6's but everything working fine on that firmware on my 3 aps..

mcury

@johnpoz I'm using that 5.24 firmware, found it to be stable.
However, the throughput in my 5GHz network is around 300Mbps using the 80MHz width.
In previous firmware, I was getting around 550mbs in 80MHz .
My RF scan is working, but it seems that it's only working in MTK chips, like nanohd..

Qinn

Thanks for the info guys, @johnpoz with autoupdate you could Schedule the update on your sons device to run at say 03:00.

@johnpoz and @mcury are you using this beta future WiFi AI?

mcury

@Qinn Hello Qinn, I didn't try that yet

JKnott

@Derelict said in Seamless roaming:

Put different access points up with the same SSIDs on the same layer 2 networks and have a cocktail.
Controllers can try to steer clients to different radios but it is ultimately up to the clients.

Without a controller, the client has to log onto each AP as needed and once connected won't let go until the signal is too weak. With a controller, the client logs onto the controller and dumb APs act essentially as a bridge. This means the time to transfer between APs is shorter and smoother. Also, a controller can control which AP a client uses, simply by sending traffic for that client through the desired controller. It can also observe the client signal at multiple APs, to determine which is the best to use. Cisco APs, out of the box, must be used with a controller and cannot work stand alone. If you want to use it stand alone, you have to load different firmware.