AirGradient Forum

Wifi Connection Issues - Unifi

#1

Hi Everyone,

I’m using a few airgradient I-9PSL-DE units - in an office space with quite a complex Unifi based wifi setup, I’m having issues with one of the units that constantly connects to an AP that is about as far away as possible to the unit - as a result it seems to drop offline quite a few times throughout the day.

I’ve tried the Unifi lock to access point setting and it makes the issue worse - with the I-9PSL-DE completely refusing to connect.

I’ve tried a reset and wiping the wifi settings - but still end up with the same issue.

Is there any chance that a future firmware update would allow me to select SSID and BSSID for the I-9PSL-DE so that it reliably tries to connect to the nearest AP ?

#2

I have somewhat similar issues with the same device as well as the earlier Pro models using ESP8266.

I have noticed that if I reset the furthest away Unifi AP, then I can get devices to connect to the closer one and improve signal.

I use a mix of AirGradient firmware and ESPHome and haven’t researched either to lock them to a particular AP.