Glen, i'm not using wds, all ap's are hardwired back to main router.
-- Best regards, Mark mailto:[email protected] Myakka Technologies, Inc. www.MyakkaTech.com Proud Sponsor of the Myakka City Relay For Life http://www.RelayForLife.org/MyakkaCityFL Please Donate at http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY12FL?team_id=1030009&pg=team&fr_id=37555 ------ Sunday, March 1, 2015, 12:59:52 AM, you wrote: GW> ?I was surprised as you are. Customer got them instead of the GW> router I told her and I gave them a try. GW> You do lose bandwidth, they're just WDS repeaters, but as far GW> as seemless roaming Linksys got it right. GW> The only thing I've had that worked as well for me was WDS GW> with MT, however, the bandwidth issue again. GW> Last hotel I did I used RB411 + dbii 2.4GHz N cards if memory GW> serves, the ones that are no longer on the market. No WDS, GW> ethernet to every AP, pretty good roaming, but coverage was so GW> good that unless you had two rooms on opposite ends of the hotel GW> on different floors it was never an issue. The dude's hotel had GW> more capacity than some of my towers, just not the feed to support GW> it. GW> For the most part I've found the Linksys method to be GW> seemless regardless of the clients. GW> ï¿œ GW> Just about everything I've tried that wasn't using WDS was GW> highly dependent on the client, so roaming was all over the map. GW> Some would never even hiccup while playing an MP3 over the GW> network, others would hang on to a -95 in spite of the same SSID GW> having a -50 nearby. I did watch the data stream on torch to make GW> sure that my laptop wasn't buffering ahead. GW> Linksys is a consumer level setup. Works fine for User Bob's GW> house and User Bob can pick up replacements at Walmart. GW> ï¿œ GW> ï¿œ GW> ï¿œ GW> ----- Original Message ----- GW> From: TJ Trout GW> To:[email protected] GW> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 9:34 PM GW> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Multiple AP in house GW> Linksys and range extenders?ï¿œ Seriously? GW> On Feb 28, 2015 7:32 PM, "Mark - Myakka Technologies" <[email protected]> wrote: GW> TJ, GW> Using all mikrotik, but your ubnt example made me go check to see what GW> Mikrotik has.ï¿œ Looks like the have a signal-range option I can use. GW> We'll see how that goes. GW> -- GW> Best regards, GW> ï¿œMarkï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ ï¿œ mailto:[email protected] GW> Myakka Technologies, Inc. GW> www.MyakkaTech.com GW> Proud Sponsor of the Myakka City Relay For Life GW> http://www.RelayForLife.org/MyakkaCityFL GW> Please Donate at GW> http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY12FL?team_id=1030009 GW> pg=team fr_id=37555 GW> ------ GW> Saturday, February 28, 2015, 9:17:07 PM, you wrote: TT>> Only set the same ssid if they are all ubnt devices and then TT>> enable the minimum signal level to like -80 so it will kick them TT>> off and force them to roam to another ap. Otherwise you end up TT>> connected to the ap with the least signal while sitting right next TT>> to a different ap. If not then you need to just name them all TT>> differently. This still won't solve that issue but if you educate TT>> the customer they can manually switch aps. Best solution is mesh TT>> or unifi or minimum a ap that will disconnect the client at a set TT>> signal like ubiquiti TT>> On Feb 28, 2015 5:39 PM, "Josh Luthman" TT>> <[email protected]> wrote: TT>> We've generally done one SSID with success. TT>> At convention centers I do different because iOS had problems way back. TT>> Josh Luthman TT>> Office: 937-552-2340 TT>> Direct: 937-552-2343 TT>> 1100 Wayne St TT>> Suite 1337 TT>> Troy, OH 45373 TT>> On Feb 28, 2015 8:24 PM, "Mark - Myakka Technologies" <[email protected]> wrote: TT>> I have an installer that may have gotten a bit carried away with the TT>> home owner installing AP though out the house. TT>> Looks like we have one wireless router and 4 AP scattered around the TT>> house.ï¿ I'm going over there on Monday to try to see if I can get TT>> these configured so they are not stepping on each other. TT>> Trying to figure out if I want to name all the SSID's to be the same TT>> or name them differently.ï¿ Any pro's or con's either way? TT>> -- TT>> Thanks, TT>> ï¿Markï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ mailto:[email protected] TT>> Myakka Technologies, Inc. TT>> www.MyakkaTech.com TT>> Proud Sponsor of the Myakka City Relay For Life TT>> http://www.RelayForLife.org/MyakkaCityFL TT>> Please Donate at TT>> https://secure.acsevents.org/site/Donation2?df_id=1011305 TT>> PROXY_ID=1645865 PROXY_TYPE=22 FR_ID=57644 TT>> --- TT>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! TT>> Antivirus protection is active. TT>> http://www.avast.com GW> --- GW> This email is free from viruses and malware because GW> avast! Antivirus protection is active. GW> http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
