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Multiple access points....how to configure
Im doing a combined network for a big building with offices all around.
ive installed internet and made a firewall and mail server and all using wires.
i also want to install a wireless network that covers the whole building as one network so laptops and computers can hook from one AP to another without user knowing or having conflicts. there is also wireless shared printers.
note: im using D-Link products and every story might consist of 4 to 6 access points.
ive installed internet and made a firewall and mail server and all using wires.
i also want to install a wireless network that covers the whole building as one network so laptops and computers can hook from one AP to another without user knowing or having conflicts. there is also wireless shared printers.
note: im using D-Link products and every story might consist of 4 to 6 access points.
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You have to make sure that the equipment can be put into repeater mode. If you are using dlink then this one would work - http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=304 Your employees will then be able to automatically connect to the "repeater" closest to them at any given time.
I would recommend connecting the access points to your network backbone using good ol' wires. Repeater mode is useful when you want to extend the range of a wireless network without using a wired connection.
The USR model I have come across is this one - the USR 5450 aka USR015450 http://www.usr-emea.com/products/p-wireless-product.asp?prod=net-5450&loc=unkg (this is the UK version). It includes repeater and bridge functions among others.
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The USR model I have come across is this one - the USR 5450 aka USR015450 http://www.usr-emea.com/products/p-wireless-product.asp?prod=net-5450&loc=unkg (this is the UK version). It includes repeater and bridge functions among others.
Giles
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Hey guys..
I do have a back bone made of 1GBit cat6
but that isnt the issue. if i do multi channels would a laptop change AP without user noticing or being notified.
and i need to know about ROAMING mode...what is that.
thanx
I do have a back bone made of 1GBit cat6
but that isnt the issue. if i do multi channels would a laptop change AP without user noticing or being notified.
and i need to know about ROAMING mode...what is that.
thanx
When A laptop looses it signal to an Access Point it will automatically try to reconnect to an access point. The laptop will reconnect to the Access point with the strogest signal
And the laptop will automatically change channel number ... seamlessly, invisibly - that's the theory (roaming will happen automatically - i.e. you could wander round the building watching real-time streaming video ... it might glitch briefly ...). The only thing I can think that would stop it working is a wireless card with a dodgy driver.