Smart Steering per AP settings requirement

That would be hoghly contraproductive.

Why Isn’t Wi-Fi Signal Symmetric in Real Life?

On paper, RF communication is symmetric:
if the AP’s signal reaches the client, then the AP should just as easily hear the client, because antennas have the same gain for transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx).

In reality, this is only true in theory.
The problem is that the client’s transmit power is usually much weaker, so the AP often cannot properly decode the client’s signal, even if the client hears the AP perfectly well.

Why does this happen? Two main reasons:

1. The client decides which data rate to use, and it does this based on how strong the AP’s signal is.
   If the AP signal is strong, the client picks a high data rate - even if its own return signal is too weak for the AP to decode.
2. The client’s signal often gets buried in noise before it reaches the AP.
   The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) becomes too low, so the AP cannot demodulate the returning packets.