On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Dan Ritter wrote:
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 09:40:15AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
I will be running 2 wireless routers in my office configured as
switches. All security will be identical. The question is SSID. Should I
configure the second wireless as the same SSID as the first, or not.
For example, the SSID of the first is FuBar, and the second is either
FuBar or FuBar1. It does not matter which wireless one of our employees
connects to.
The advantage of using the same SSID is that possibly some wireless
settings on phones and PCs will connect automatically where if it is a
different SSID it may require the encryption key to be entered, which is
a pain with Smartphones.
Some wireless points support roaming, some don't. Sometimes it
comes down to specific firmware revisions.
You would need to operate at least one of the "routers" as an access
point, to support roaming. Most wireless routers I have seen do allow
this, but not all.
Daniel Feenberg
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