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Switching from AP to AP Manually

Asked by: MNetwork

Hello, I have a Orinoco PC WIFI Card and I have a dlink router/wireless ap and a dlink range extender. The range extender is in my room and I am not always in my room sometimes I go downstairs (where the ap is) and I am required to switch to that ap (the range extender is also seen as an ap, it has its on MAC). When the card switches from ap to ap it takes forever and sometimes doesn't even do it right. I need a way to do this manually.

Comp Info:

OS: WinXP Pro
Wifi Card: Orinoco Gold

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2003-07-23 at 19:28:06ID20688575
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Answers

 

by: qwaleteePosted on 2003-07-23 at 22:06:41ID: 8992254

You probably can't do this.  I believe the range extender is required to be on the same SSID and the same channel as the primary AP.  The only way to force use of a specific AP is to limit your configuration to a specific SSID, channel, or both -- if there is only one AP within range that matches the SSID/channel combonation, then that's the only AP you will connect to.  If there are two that match, the card will latch to the one that it thinks has teh stronger signal.

If you can't get the range extender on a different channel or SSID, then basically,. the card sees both as a single network.

Sorry.

 

by: MNetworkPosted on 2003-07-24 at 03:55:00ID: 8993913

I know that that the range extender has all the same settings, but it also has its own MAC Address, thats why I thought it might be posssible. Some times I need to override the cards method because the card takes forever to do it and sometimes it doesn't even do it right.

 

by: mikecrPosted on 2003-07-24 at 04:37:02ID: 8994099

What version of operating system do you have? If your running XP, you could disable the connection and reenable it when you get to the other location and it should automatically reconnect you to the network.

 

by: MNetworkPosted on 2003-07-24 at 13:05:02ID: 8998649

I don't want to do that. I want to do what the card does automatically, but I want to control it. Sometimes it switches ap's without dropping the connection at all.

 

by: qwaleteePosted on 2003-07-25 at 02:08:36ID: 9002608

Can't have it both ways.  Either the OS controls it, or you control it.

 

by: MNetworkPosted on 2003-07-25 at 03:43:33ID: 9003024

Ok, then I want to control it. All I want to do is force the card to switch to another ap. Orinoco cards are very versitle so I would think you would be able to do this.

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