Re: RE: Wireless Access Points?

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

i have a couple of rather nice Ubiquiti wireless access points that
I'm cur=
rently playing with that seem to do this very well and can be set up to
ope=
rate as an almost enterprise grade network but at a cost of about =A3250
pe=
r access point (so not too scary)...

Phil

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From: Nicholas Humfrey
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 06:54 am
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] RE: Wireless Access Points?



If you have more then one access point in a house, a really nice feature
to=
have is roaming - so you can move about the house and devices automaticall=
y/ quickly move from one AP to another without dropping network
connections=
. This is a very common feature on 'enterprise' networks but less common
in=
homes. If you setup Apple APs with a network with the same name and securi=
ty setting, you can seamlessly move between them. I believe that the APs
ta=
lk to each other over the wired network to achieve this. I haven't had
much=
success with other brands of network hardware - such as Netgear.

Another thing I am a fan of (although not very compatible with Apple
Airpor=
t Express) to, as you have lots of Cat 5, is Power over Ethernet, so you
do=
n't need a mains socket in the remote locations of the APs.

nick.


On 23 Feb 2014, at 21:36, "Tracey Gardner" <tracey!
.gardner@xxxxxxx> =
wrote

Hello Alan
=A0
Yes I had already thought along those lines, except that I don't have the
w=
ired network up and running yet :-)
Its very much chicken and egg and I'll have to get the network running
befo=
re I can add the wireless access points :-)
At least I've got a few months to sort it out.
I'm sure that you're right when you ask if she only uses wireless as she
ca=
n't use it wired at home.
=A0
Many thanks
=A0
Tracey
=A0
----- Original Message -----
From: yahoo@xxxxxxx
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 8:45 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] RE: Wireless Access Points?

Hi Tracey,=20

If she is doing some work that assumedly means using a laptop and I think
y=
ou will struggle to find a laptop without an Ethernet port these days?=A0=
=A0 Does she only use wireless as she can't use it wired at home? Can she
n=
ot use it in wired mode when visting?

Cheers
Allan
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