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Using software on my smartphone I can observe that it changes AP it associates with as I walk around the house where I have a “traditional” 802.11r WiFi network with common wired backend. No new DHCP is triggered either.

So it may not be perfect, but it can’t be that bad.

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What do you use to verify which AP your device is connected to? I've not found a convenient way to do this for testing.

Net Analyzer for iPhone shows the raw BSSID (AP mac) for whatever network you connect to.

You need to know the MAC address of each of your access points - also known as the BSSID. It should be available in the admin UI of the access point, and sometimes also printed on a label attached to the AP.

Knowing that, you need something that shows you details about wifi connections, so you can view the BSSID (MAC address of the AP) you're connected to:

Android, iOS: Install the "Network Info II" app

Linux: use the iwconfig command

Windows: Use the command "netsh wlan show interfaces"

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