This is incorrect. You don't get "fast" roaming, such as may be required for some protocols like VoIP, but you will not get "disconnected" by the common use of the term. You are of course disassociated from one AP and you need to reassociate to another AP. However, it would depend on what kind of authentication you are doing as to whether this would "disconnect" the client.
The client makes the decision on when to roam, but an AP can of course forcefully disassociate a client. You can configure the power settings for each radio in an AP. Fred Reimer, CISSP, CCNP, CQS-VPN, CQS-ISS Senior Network Engineer Coleman Technologies, Inc. 954-298-1697 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:17 AM To: Dan Letkeman Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Access Point & 2 SSID's Trunked to Vlan's Hi, > If I copy this configuration to my other ap's in the building will a > client(notebook) automatically roam from ap to ap without getting > disconnected? not without using other technologies - as each AP runs the authentication so your client needs to reauthenticate when associating with each AP > Do you have 802.11a clients or is the 802.11a radio used for something else? > How would I setup the AP so there is a minimum signal level that is > allowed? eg, if a user is outside the building and still connected that it > won't work if the users device is say past -75db... you can start off by using the 'speed' command to select the supported connection rates - but a decent antennae may negate the 'security' of such a setup. personally i feel that WPA2 is strong enough that it doesnt matter if the signal can be received from further away. you could also turn down the power of the antennae (antenna gain) - but, once again, that will affect how your own users will receive the wireless. place a decent zinc/neodynium mesh or somesuch in your wall cavities - there are some papers out there describing such blocking methods. > Also, I accidentally ordered LWAPP's and I have converted them back to > autonomous ap's. Is there any difference between a converted one vs a > bought autonomous ap? apart from how it appears in CDP, inventory lists and its bootloader? no functional difference as far as i'm aware. alan _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
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