Systems and methods for connecting wireless clients to preferred edge devices in active-active deployments

Abstract

A WI-FI access point can be configured to communicate with a service set using a service set identifier (SSID) and to respond to, or not respond to, probe requests based on whether the WI-FI access point is a preferred access point for the SSID. The WI-FI access point can have a probe suppression indicator that indicates suppressive when the access point is not preferred and that indicates responsive when the access point is preferred. Transmitting a WI-FI beacon having a SSID value equaling the SSID can inform WI-FI clients of the service set. The WI-FI clients can transmit probe requests having SSID values equaling the SSID. The WI-FI access point can suppress sending probe responses responsive to the probe requests when the probe suppression indicator indicates suppressive. The WI-FI access point can send probe responses responsive to the probe requests when the probe suppression indicator indicates responsive.

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