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Eero has paid a lot for press. I hope their product is good.

Slightly off-topic: Does anyone know if Eero uses a single SSID or multiple? I was using a single and constantly having the problem of a client connecting to the wrong router and slowing to a crawl. Now I'm using multiple SSIDs but I have to change my wifi settings as I move around. If Eero solved this overall problem I'll buy their routers in a heartbeat.

Even if they support multiple SSIDs, you probably want to use a single SSID on your device. Realistically speaking, your device should detect that the signal strength is low and connect to a better Eero if available. Sticky clients are plenty though, enterprise APs generally handle this by monitoring client signal strength and forcefully kicking out sticky clients to force them to move to better access points.

Not sure if Eero does this.

> your device should detect that the signal strength is low and connect to a better Eero if available.

My clients are all google. Chromebooks, tablets, and phones. Maybe they are particularly bad but I doubt it.

> APs generally handle this by monitoring client signal strength and forcefully kicking out sticky clients

Interesting. How would they know there is a better one available to the client?

> Interesting. How would they know there is a better one available to the client?

Low end APs just blindly kick clients based out on configured rssi threshold. Some enterprise APs do a periodic, rough triangulation of client location (How well multiple APs can hear client packets through on / off channel scanning) and take decisions.

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