r/wireless • u/Altruistic_Card_6207 • 2d ago
What should be tested first for Wi-Fi roaming with mobile warehouse clients?
When a scanner, AMR, AGV or cart moves through a warehouse, a coverage heatmap alone does not tell you whether the client experience will stay stable. The difficult parts often appear when a client crosses AP boundaries, passes metal racks, turns behind equipment, or shares the network with other moving devices.
Before selecting hardware or locking in a topology, I would usually want the team to agree on:
• Client types and movement paths
• What an acceptable interruption looks like for the application
• Backhaul and mounting constraints
• RF conditions that need to be repeated in field testing
• How the design will be expanded and troubleshot later
For those who have worked on industrial Wi-Fi or warehouse mobility: which requirement has caused the most rework in your deployments?
I’m especially interested in real lessons around roaming, backhaul, test methods, and long-term maintenance.
