Best Wifi settings with accesspoint

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Hi,

I'm planning to install a Flint2 as my main router, and on the other side of my house my older Flint1 as accesspoint. I want my devices to be able to roam, so SSID’s will be same on both routers.

Any suggestions for the best wifi-settings on both routers (both operating in 2G and 5G).

Thanks in advance!

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Flash OpenWrt on both, set same settings, enable 802.11k/v/r and install usteer

3

Thanks for helping. But wanna keep original 4.8.3 firmware. Not OpenWRT.

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Hi,

For this setup, please configure the Flint1 as AP mode and keep Flint 2 as the main router.

  1. Log in to the Flint 1 admin page, Set the same SSID, Wi-Fi password as Flint 2.
  2. Connect Flint 2 LAN port -> Flint 1 WAN port, go to Network Setting -> Network Mode and change it to Access Point.
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If you need 802.11r, Flint1 with original 4.x firmware can support 802.11r in LuCI.
For Flint 2, the original stable firmware does not support 802.11r, so you need use the v4.8.3-op24 firmware.
Download link
After that, you can enable 802.11r on both Flint1 and Flint2 from the same LuCI path.
The path is LuCI -> Network -> Wireless -> Edit SSID -> WLAN Roaming -> enable 802.11r and save.

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Thanks Charles for your clear and friendly answer.

Does the 4.8.3.OP24 firmware reduce my radio on 5G and 2G, as discussed in other threads?

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Hi,

The 4.8.3 and 4.8.3-op24 firmware use different driver branches, so the actual Wi-Fi performance may be different.
You can back up your current settings then upgrade to 4.8.3-op24 and test it in your own environment.
If it does not meet your expectations, you can roll back to the firmware version you prefer.