Eero Client Steering On Or Off

Optimize for conferencing and gaming, formerly known as smart queue management (sqm), intelligently shapes how wifi traffic is queued to reduce latency and limit the amount of. Client steering does all the same things as band steering with a few extra bits (the eero can suggest to clients which eero would be the best fit, but the client still has the decision). Client steering uses 802. 11k/v/r to encourage roaming, but it also has band steering lumped into it, which delays 2. 4 ghz probes so clients are more apt to choose 5 ghz. I have seen band. From a very high level, disabling optional eero features can improve performance, but nobody here knows how your specific devices on your network will respond to eero's idea of client.

This setting is used when you have multiple eeros (for example, on our. Client steering can help with devices using a closer eero, although the choice of which eero to connect to and which band to use is still up to the client device. 5 ghz is typically less crowded and offers higher performance. The client makes the decision on what band it connects to, eero can only encourage it to use 5ghz when band steering is enabled. If your laptop is falling off 5ghz, its because it is. We've tried just about everything. Resetting the tv to factory settings, rebooting our modem & eero routers, and even checking for the latest firmware/software update dates to ensure that.