Funny how that "FIX" seems to work most of the time. Bob-
"It don't have no switch!" Right.......... Whatever........ -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:03 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Hotel According to the call center tickets (which are EXCELLENTLY kept up) that accounted for 75% of all calls the month I checked. 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 6:30 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > My favorite fix for when a guest can't connect to the hotel AP......... > > "Turn on the wireless on your laptop". > > And later we hear..... > > "Oh, I didn't know it has a switch......." > > Bob- > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 6:16 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Hotel > > It's uncommon for me to have broken APs, but when a guest can't connect to > them 99.99% of the time my laptop and other guests can. Should you need to > replace one use inssider or netstumbler. > > I wouldn't doubt guests prefer the 1 bar "hotel 1" because it's better then > the 5 bar "hotel 2". Maybe I just don't have much faith in the > non-technical crowd that is hotel residents. > > 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 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. 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