Let's Control It

Hi,
I am having a problem I have multiple Access points in my house they all have the same SSID
Sometimes ESP will choose to connect to the one in the other location with a very low signal.

Is there a way to make the esp connect to a specific Wifi Access point for
example to a specific AP Mac Address ?

The BSSID is not stored in the WiFi settings, so after a power cycle the ESP may connect to any of the access points matching the SSID.

If you perform a WiFi scan (via the web interface for example) the ESP will connect to the known SSID with the strongest signal after a reconnect.
I thought I had it programmed to also use this algorithm at initial connect, but apparently not.

If a node needs to reconnect (also after a deep sleep or crash, not power cycle), it will first attempt to reconnect to the last BSSID it was connected to.

Thanks for your reply I understand.

It would be a nice addon if we could have a setting where we can specify
the mac address of the AP that we prefer the ESP to connect to
that would be perfect.

That and a proper check for RSSI when connecting after a failed connect or a cold boot.

I just found a quick workaround for now,

it seems I can deny access to the specific mac's on the access point so the ESP won't be able to
connect to these AP's

If you can do that (for example on MikroTik APs), why not add a second (or third) SSID on the same AP?

I am using TP-Link Deco, I have the blacklist option but cant create other SSID, only a guest network
but that would be on a separate VLAN won't be able to communicate with openHub.

for now, the blacklist works but if there is some problem in this AP won't have a fallback