| Environment | Recommended Roaming Aggressiveness | Supporting Actions | |-------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------| | Home / Small office (1-2 APs) | 1 (Low) | Disable roaming entirely for stationary devices. | | Enterprise office (static users) | 2 (Low-Medium) | Use AP load balancing instead of client-driven roaming. | | Enterprise office (mobile users) | 3 (Medium) | Enable 802.11k (Neighbor Reports) and 802.11v (BSS Transition). | | Warehouse / Retail (high mobility) | 5 (Very High) | Conduct site survey to ensure minimal RSSI overlap gaps. | | VoWLAN / Real-time communication | 4 (High) | Combine with 802.11r for sub-50ms handoffs. |
Without proper tuning, roaming aggressiveness either causes sticky clients (low throughput) or ping-pong roaming (unnecessary disconnections). Periodic site surveys and client debug logs (e.g., netsh wlan show wlanreport on Windows) are essential for verification. roaming aggressiveness
The client device is "eager" to switch. It will look for a better signal frequently and switch even if the current signal is decent. | | Warehouse / Retail (high mobility) |