However, the background scanning method can be used for objectives other than rogue AP detection. A LANCOM Access Point in client mode that logs itself on to another access point can also use the roaming procedure in a mobile installation. This is the case, for example, when a LANCOM Access Point used in an industrial application scenario is mounted to a forklift that navigates its way through multiple warehouses with separate access points. Under normal circumstances, the WLAN client would only log on to another access point when the connection to the access point it had been using until that moment was lost. With the background scanning function, the LANCOM Access Point using the client mode can collect information about other available access points in advance. In this case the client is not switched to another access point once the existing connection has been lost completely, but rather when another access point within its range has a stronger signal.
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