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The Wi-Fi settings description of "Ask to Join Networks" says "Known networks will be joined automatically...". That "feature" is causing me problems.

I have a local wi-fi router in my home office which is above the garage and far from the family room at the other end of the house, where there's another wi-fi network with a different name. If I ever leave my office and walk towards the family room, my iPhone jumps to the family-room network but it doesn't jump back on to my office wifi network when I return to my computer. When I'm in my office, the reception for the FamilyRoomNetwork is very weak and it is very slow.

Can this be fixed, either by causing an automatic rejoin of my office wifi network when I return to my desk or by forcing the phone to ask my permission to switch to another known network?

P.S. I do want to join the FamilyRoomNetwork at the end of the day, so I don't want to remove it.

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    Can you see in the wifi network info a choice « auto connect ». You can configure auto connection network by network.
    – Ptit Xav
    Commented Oct 8, 2021 at 17:38
  • Ah, that was on a page that opens up when the (i) info icon is tapped. Thank you. I am like a dog who has been trained to look for the gear icon for settings :-)
    – Tim
    Commented Oct 8, 2021 at 18:36
  • @PtitXav that is the answer. I'd give you the kudos if you wrote it as an answer and not a comment :)
    – AVelj
    Commented Oct 9, 2021 at 0:43
  • If they are sourced from the same broadband provider, the ideal approach here is to configure the wifi networks so they are one contiguous network. There are ways to do that.
    – Harper - Reinstate Monica
    Commented Oct 9, 2021 at 2:52
  • @Harper-ReinstateMonica : In this case they're different broadband providers. We had no internet for nearly a month a few years ago; it took them weeks to actually come out and look at their wire on the pole where the problem was eventually discovered. Ever since then I've had two.
    – Tim
    Commented Oct 9, 2021 at 20:42

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Go to the wifi network info , there is a a choice « auto connect ». You can configure auto connection network by network

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