client balancing has it been fixed

AxL1971
Building a reputation

client balancing has it been fixed

I recall last year there was some issue with client balancing on the AP and recommendation was to disable it.

 

I am aware the latest firmware has this resolved, has anyone enabled client balancing and what is the experience like.

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Mloraditch
Head in the Cloud

There was a bug with client balancing where certain SSID slots wouldn't work when enabled. That was fixed. There may have been other issues, but I'm not specifically aware of any.

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PhilipDAth
Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

The biggest issue with client load balancing is client support.  The way it works (simplified) is it sends the client a disconnection message.  The client then needs to try and connect to a different AP.

 

Some clients don't handle this well.  Some just simply disconnect and do nothing.

 

Computers tend to do this fine.  IoT devices don't tend to handle it that well.  Mobile devices and tablets have variable support.

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