RE: Multiple Access Points

["Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith,

I believe you set the network name the same, but the channels to be
*different*. Apparently using channel #s 1, 6 & 11 (or is it 12?) give
the best coverage with minimal bleeding onto each other and subsequent
interference.

I've not done it personally (IIRC I read it somewhere) but a hotel I
stayed in recently had it's wireless connections configured that way, so
that seems to confirm the theory :-)

HTH,

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rowdy
>
> Hi All,
>
> Just changed my old alcatel modem for a Netgear DG834GT modem
> cum wireless router and in doing so was going to decommission
> my WAP11, but it seems the signal from the Netgear can be a
> bit flaky so I'm still using the WAP11 albeit a slower
> 11mbps. I currently have the two devices set as different
> network names and have to switch manually between them if one
> signal gets weak. Ideally I would like to be able to wander
> around and get the best signal all the time so in this case I
> would want my laptop to connect via the strongest signal. Can
> I do this, do I just set the channel id and network name the
> same on both devices?
>
> TIA
>
> Keith