A computer-implemented method for managing wireless connectivity, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving at a first wireless access point device a request from a client device to establish a wireless data link between the client device and the first wireless access point device, the first wireless access point device providing a connection to a computer network, the client device selecting the first wireless access point device to establish the wireless data link; establishing the wireless data link between the client device and the first wireless access point device on a radio frequency communication channel, the wireless data link used to transmit data packets between the client device and the first wireless access point device; monitoring at least one parameter of the wireless data link between the client device and the first wireless access point device; and in response to determining that the at least one parameter meets a predetermined criterion, transmitting from the first wireless access point device a disassociate message to the client device, the disassociate message causing the client device to end the wireless data link, wherein the first wireless access point device is in network communication with a second wireless access point device, the first wireless access point device and the second wireless access point device providing wireless connectivity to the client device via a same Service Set Identifier associated with the first wireless access point device and the second wireless access point device and in response to transmitting the disassociate message to the client device, the second wireless access point device receiving a request from the client device to establish a second wireless data link between the client device and the second wireless access point device; and establishing the second wireless data link between the client device and the second wireless access point device on a radio frequency communication channel using the same Service Set Identifier, the second wireless data link used to transmit data packets between the client device and the second wireless access point device. receiving at a first wireless access point device a request from a client device to establish a wireless data link between the client device and the first wireless access point device, the first wireless access point device providing a connection to a computer network, the client device selecting the first wireless access point device to establish the wireless data link; establishing the wireless data link between the client device and the first wireless access point device on a radio frequency communication channel, the wireless data link used to transmit data packets between the client device and the first wireless access point device; monitoring at least one parameter of the wireless data link between the client device and the first wireless access point device; and in response to determining that the at least one parameter meets a predetermined criterion, transmitting from the first wireless access point device a disassociate message to the client device, the disassociate message causing the client device to end the wireless data link, wherein the first wireless access point device is in network communication with a second wireless access point device, the first wireless access point device and the second wireless access point device providing wireless connectivity to the client device via a same Service Set Identifier associated with the first wireless access point device and the second wireless access point device and in response to transmitting the disassociate message to the client device, the second wireless access point device receiving a request from the client device to establish a second wireless data link between the client device and the second wireless access point device; and establishing the second wireless data link between the client device and the second wireless access point device on a radio frequency communication channel using the same Service Set Identifier, the second wireless data link used to transmit data packets between the client device and the second wireless access point device.