Mesh WIFI system unsuitable for IoT devices
I installed a Mesh system with 4 devices. It is great for moving receivers but I realized that it is not a good solution for IoT devices. When the Mesh reboot, the main device is the first to accept connections and the IoT devices tend to connect with this device even if a nearer mesh device is later available. For my camera, it often connects with a mesh device which is the the nearest one. Poor bandwidth.
I see two solutions for this problem. The first one will be to declare in the Mesh system the preferred Mesh device for a IoT device (in the setup function). When the IoT device logs into one Mesh device, the system checks if the preferred one is available and if so, initiate a roaming function. This way, if one of your mesh device is off, the other can still provide connection, until the preferred one is back in the system.
The second solution is to create a local network per mesh device. For roaming device, such as smartphone, the main SSID is used. For IoT device, the SSID of the local network is used to connect the IoT with the network.
I could not find any mesh systems providing one of the other solutions. Any idea ?
Thanks for your help.