RE: Multiple Access Points

["Rowdy" <aoop43@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Had a try at this but it didn't seem to want to "lock" on to a
network, it
just kept dropping then reconnecting, maybe I had something set wrong. I
noticed another post about Netgear kit, which I'm wondering if it's a
trend,
I found last night a promise of an upcoming firmware release to "fix a
lot"
of the problems this month, hopefully the wireless bit will actually work
as
advertised and I might not need to have both devices up and running. In the
mean time I'll play some more.



Cheers,



Keith



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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)
Sent: 14 May 2005 19:36
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Multiple Access Points



Keith,

I believe you set the network name the same, but the channels to be
*different*. Apparently using channel #s 1, 6 & 11 (or is it 12?) give
the best coverage with minimal bleeding onto each other and subsequent
interference.

I've not done it personally (IIRC I read it somewhere) but a hotel I
stayed in recently had it's wireless connections configured that way, so
that seems to confirm the theory :-)

HTH,

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rowdy
>
> Hi All,
>
> 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?
>
> TIA
>
> Keith







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