Thanks Michael, I will verify that they are joined (which I think they are since one shows up in the other's configuration with signal strength and all that) and try iStumbler. I have been using KisMac which shows them both. The drop down menu only shows one since they have the same SSID, hence I can not switch between them.
-s -----Original Message----- From: Michael Stearne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Wireless Access Point Hand-Off On Jun 17, 2004, at 6:52 PM, Shawn Van Every wrote: > Hi All, > > Wondering if anyone out there has any insight into the following > problem: > > I have two Netgear WG602 Wireless Access Points which support something > called WDS (Wireless Distribution System). One is connected to the > LAN via > ethernet and is setup as an Access Point (as per Netgear Technical > Support, > which oddly enough is a different setup from what the documentation > says but > that isn't the point) and one is setup as a wireless repeater. Now > that all > works fine, the problem is that I can not jump from one access point to > another without first turning off airport (using a PowerBook with all > the > latest from Apple) and then turning it back on. > > In other words, when I walk out of range of one but still in range of > the > other the Airport card does not automatically switch access points. Usually it would do that... > I am > told that it is supposed to but it just doesn't. And yes, I have the > same > SSID on both, I have tried it on the same wireless channel and on > different > channels (again documentation vs technical support), upgraded firmware > and > all that. Essentially it is working but my mac doesn't like to switch > access points. I am thinking that Airport is bound to an access point > via > it's MAC address and that is the problem but I am not really sure. > Are you sure that the 2 APs are definitely within range of one another. The might not be "joining" one another and instead you have 2 networks that are next to one another named the same thing. > Anyone know anything about this? > > Any software for OS X that allows control over which wireless network > you > are connected to? > There is a program called iStumbler to see what wireless nets are around but the Airport dropdown menu in the menubar is all you need to control what network you're connected to. Michael -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
