Bugzilla – Bug 7246
SB3 does not connect to stronger signal strength
Last modified: 2010-05-07 10:52:59 UTC
Customer has an SB3 with a Router: D-Link DGL-4300 firmware rev 1.8. and a Repeater: Linksys WRE54G v1 firmware rev 1.06.05 Customer states that SB3 will not connect to the greater signal strength coming from the repeater. Rather it directly connects to the router. Chris asked that I file a bug so that we can test this out. SSID is the same for both router and repeater.
Clarification on bug: If multiple access points in the same SSID are active, SB3 will not automatically detect and connect to the strongest signal. This problem manifests itself on bootup (power cycle) and after some undefined period of idle time. Additionally, if one signal source is present and associated with the SB3 and a second, stronger signal source is introduced, the SB3 will not detect and connect to this new, stronger signal source. On bootup (power cycle), if two signals are present, the SB3 *seems* to associate itself to either of the two sources at random. Sometimes it associates to the far weaker signal, sometimes to the far stronger signal. These behaviors can be summed up by saying that there seems to exist no wireless roaming functionality; specifically, no support for signal strength vetting. --- Note on equipment tested: I have also tested this with a Linksys WRE54G v2 repeater, firmware 2.01.12. The bug still exists.
this is closely related to bug 6085
After reading over bug 6085, I agree that this is closely related. That description appears to match mine for the most part. Unfortunately I have already started building a hard-wired touchscreen interface to replace the SB3 because of the inconvenience caused by this bug over the past 7 months.
All new Squeezebox products are likely to be based on the SqueezePlay platform. We do not plan to implement any further enhancements to the ip3k firmware or which are targeted specifically at ip3k-based products.