When performing wireless surveys, I need a USB NIC that will roam more easily, or has built-in settings that can be adjusted for roaming.
The current laptop I am using only has a 2.4GHz antenna and does not support 5GHz, thus I need to use a USB wireless adapter. I purchased a Linksys WUSB6300 from Staples, and once it associates to an AP it holds on like a babe on the breast! This is leading to inaccurate surveys (actually, more detailed below) since I am in one part of a building and still connected to an AP very far away, instead of the one I am directly under.
In lieu of ending up with very inaccurate survey results...
Many times throughout the survey, I end up having to disconnect completely from the wireless and re-associate to a closer AP. This causes my laptop to lose connection with the stationary server (using WaveDeploy). Then I have to either wait for it to reconnect before continuing the survey, or, sometimes, stop the survey and manually force the re-connection. Which, if any of you are familiar with the WaveDeploy software, means you basically are starting a new survey and "lose" all the previous data points so you can't tell where you have already surveyed.
I know the customer can make some changes to their environment to reduce sticky client issues, but for all intents and purposes lets assume that we dont suggest any changes until the survey is complete.
TL;DR - Please suggest USB NIC that is good at roaming.
Thanks community!