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Re: RE: Wireless Access Points?
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> On 25 Feb 2014, at 01:33, "Dave McLaughlin"
<dave@xxxxxxx>=
wrote:
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> I've done this with Netgear routers. I can't recall the exact steps,
but =
it was about setting different channels and a few other configurations but
=
it does work. Much easier than my original setup with a different name. It
=
doesn't move from point to point so well but the same AP does.
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> I did a Google search on it. Tons of stuff on how to do this.
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Could you be more specific on this Dave?
Would love to know the name of the protocol/standard that enables this
func=
tionality, so I can look out for it when buying APs.
nick.
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of=
Nicholas Humfrey
> Sent: 24 February 2014 06:29
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] RE: Wireless Access Points?
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>=20=20
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> If you have more then one access point in a house, a really nice
feature =
to have is roaming - so you can move about the house and devices
automatica=
lly/ quickly move from one AP to another without dropping network
connectio=
ns. This is a very common feature on 'enterprise' networks but less common
=
in homes. If you setup Apple APs with a network with the same name and
secu=
rity setting, you can seamlessly move between them. I believe that the APs
=
talk to each other over the wired network to achieve this. I haven't had
mu=
ch success with other brands of network hardware - such as Netgear.
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> nick.
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<div><br></div><div><br>On 25 Feb 2014, at
01:33, "Dave McLaughlin" <<a href="mailto:dave@xxxxxxx";>dave@xxxxxxx</a>>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;">I've done this with Netgear routers.
I can't recall the exact steps, but it was about setting different channels
and a few other configurations but it does work. Much easier than my
original setup with a different name. It doesn't move from point to point
so well but the same AP
does.<o></o></span></a></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;"><o> </o></span></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;">I did a Google search on it. Tons of
stuff on how to do
this.</span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Could
you be more specific on this Dave?</div><div><br>&l
t;/div><div>Would love to know the name of the protocol/standard
that enables this functionality, so I can look out for it when buying
APs.</div><div><br></div><div>nick.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><blockquote
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style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> <a
href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";>ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>
[<a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";>mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nicholas
Humfrey<br><b>Sent:</b> 24 February 2014
06:29<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ukha_d
@xxxxxxx";>ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a><br><b>Subject:</b>
Re: [ukha_d] RE: Wireless Access
Points?<o></o></span></p></div></div><p
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class="MsoNormal">If you have more then one access point in a
house, a really nice feature to have is roaming - so you can move about the
house and devices aut
omatically/ quickly move from one AP to another without dropping network
connections. This is a very common feature on 'enterprise' networks but
less common in homes. If you setup Apple APs with a network with the same
name and security setting, you can seamlessly move between them. I believe
that the APs talk to each other over the wired network to achieve this. I
haven't had much success with other brands of network hardware - such as
Netgear.<o></o></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><o> </o></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal">nick.<o></o></p></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>
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