Re: Multiple Access Points

["John Nye" <wajcn50@xxxxxxxxx>]

Keith,

I've got a couple of Wap11's covering the house.

They are set to the same network name, but different channels. I'm using 3
and 6 - the reason for using these two is lost in the mists of time! They
have been working fine for the last couple of years.

John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rowdy" <aoop43@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 7:22 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Multiple Access Points


> Hi All,
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> Just changed my old alcatel modem for a Netgear DG834GT modem cum
wireless
> router and in doing so was going to decommission my WAP11, but it
seems
> the
> signal from the Netgear can be a bit flaky so I'm still using the
WAP11
> albeit a slower 11mbps. I currently have the two devices set as
different
> network names and have to switch manually between them if one signal
gets
> weak. Ideally I would like to be able to wander around and get the
best
> signal all the time so in this case I would want my laptop to connect
via
> the strongest signal. Can I do this, do I just set the channel id and
> network name the same on both devices?
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> TIA
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> Keith
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