Recently moved house but my PC online wants to connect to one Wi-Fi ping that OS now the furthest away from the device. Is there some way to reset or force a device to connect to a desired Wi-Fi point. Using Google nest mesh Wi-Fi
WiFi devices decide which access point (and which band) to connect to. Google/Nest WiFi provides some extra information (in the form of 802.11k and 802.11v) that can help clients make better decisions (including when to hand off from one AP/band to another). However, not all WiFi clients support those specifications, and they are on their own to make those decisions. Some do a better job than others. It sounds like your PC is in that category. You may have some luck getting it to connect to a closer AP by briefly disabling (for 30 seconds or so) the WiFi interface and then enabling it again. That may trigger a re-scan and reconnect that will let it see and connect to the stronger access point.
Possibly, but I would consider that unlikely. There are a lot of... "odd"... WiFi client implementations out there, and some can be "sticky" across reboots. But, most PC-based clients shouldn't do that.
It looks like MichaelP was able to answer this one for you, but I wanted to check in real fast to see if we got this sorted out fully or if you still needed some help. If you do, just let me know and we'll be happy to keep helping you.
Hi, everyone.
As we haven't had any activity here recently I'm going to go ahead and close the thread. If you have more to add, feel free to start a new discussion.
Thanks
