Every device I've used picks the "best" AP. It jumps between APs decently with Intel (lose some packets here or there but you maintain your connections as it's on the same network) and Atheros is flawless. YMMV.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:39 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've always numbered the AP SSID's. Never tried using same SSID's. > Doesnt it cause issues if you do? > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Kristian Hoffmann <kh...@fire2wire.com> > wrote: > > We've gone back and forth between using the same SSID and numbered SSIDs > > (e.g. Hotel Name 1, Hotel Name 2). The benefit to the latter is that > > it's easier to troubleshoot a broken AP, given that you have a map of > > room and AP locations. If people in room X can't see the AP with the > > SSID "Hotel Name 2" even though you know they're right next to it, then > > you know you have a problem with an AP. You lose the ability for hotel > > guests to roam without disconnecting, but that probably doesn't happen > > very often. If all the SSIDs are the same, then you have to get the > > BSSID somehow to determine which AP they're on or can see. > > > > > > -Kristian > > > > > > On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 17:41 -0500, Jerry Richardson wrote: > >> same ssid = yes > >> same channel = no. use 1, 6, 11 > >> wds = no > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On Mar 3, 2010, at 2:30 PM, "Steve Barnes" <st...@pcswin.com> wrote: > >> > >> > I have a hotel that it takes 3 AP to cover well. I am going to use > >> > 3 MT411 all wired back to a RB450 router for hotspot. I plan to set > >> > all the 411 to bridged and all the same channel and SSID. Is this > >> > the best way. Is there any reason to do WDS? > >> > > >> > Steve Barnes > >> > RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service > >> > > >> > > >> > --- > >> > --- > >> > --- > >> > --- > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >> > http://signup.wispa.org/ > >> > --- > >> > --- > >> > --- > >> > --- > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > >> > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >> > > >> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > > >> > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >> > >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >> > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
