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WIFi topology question
If I were to setup 3 WiFi routers and stacked them, putting one on ch 1, one on ch 6 and one on ch 11, but give them all the same SSID and password, would this effectively triple WiFi bandwidth? Would the clients always try to link to the unit that has the least amount of traffic on it? Would there be any other problems come out of a setup like this?
Note: I realize that it would not triple bandwidth on a per user basis, but I am hoping that it will allow more people to connect to our wifi environment and give them better thru-put.
Note: I realize that it would not triple bandwidth on a per user basis, but I am hoping that it will allow more people to connect to our wifi environment and give them better thru-put.
If you have enough computers that you need to triple the WiFi bandwidth (of course never more than the total bandwidth) then use 3 different SSID's and divide up the workload. Having everyone on one SSID likely won't do what you want because connection will be to the strongest signal as noted above.
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What about keep the same setup as above, but locate the WAP's in different areas of the building. This seems like it would resolve the "Strongest signal" issue. I only want there to be 1 SSID, if possible.
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