Hi Anthony, I'd recommend looking at placement of your existing access point. I've found lower lying areas (especially basements and/or close proximity to concrete) are horrible locations for an AP. If you have your AP in an area like that you might be well served raising it above ground level or even replacing the antenna with a higher gain one if you have one to try to boost the signal. If you are lucky you might be able to avoid a second AP altogether.
APs with the same SSID are assumed by wireless clients to connect to the same network. So long as that's true (connect back to same network/subnet) and the settings are mirrored between the APs (same encryption, etc) then client roaming between APs should be seamless -- the client will pickup the stronger signaled AP automatically. If you can't run another wired AP off the network you could go for a wireless repeater (I've had success with dd-wrt, openwrt, etc.) Not as great of a solution as a hardwired AP, but repeaters can provide additional coverage, especially in places a wire won't reach. -- Brett Johnson simpleroute | 1690 Williston Road | South Burlington, VT 05403 tel: 802-881-0010 | email: [email protected] | web: simpleroute.com On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Anthony Carrico <[email protected]>wrote: > Very quiet around here. > > Does anyone have advice on wireless lan? What is the recommended > architecture for adding a second access point? Must it be on a second > essid? There is an access point in my DSL modem, but doesn't provide the > greatest coverage, so I thought I might put one out it the garage to > cover the porch, etc. I only see two networks from here, mine, and one > at a neighbor way down the road, so there should be channels available. > > -- > Anthony Carrico > >
