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Ask HN: Why is it so hard for devices to determine WiFi network health?

First of all, the problems you describe belong to different layers in the OSI stack [1]. You need to understand this stack, to understand what I’m talking about.The first one belongs to layer 1 of the ISO/OSI stack. As I’m leaving a zone with WiFi, the signal drops to 1 WiFi bar for way too much time and tries to remain on the network even though it no longer serves. Forces me to toggle WiFi off so my phone switches to cellular data Yeah well, WiFi depends on the propagation of radio waves an...

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