Association to an access point (newbie)

Hello,
My question is about connecting to a wireless
Access Point from a Linux Machine:
Is it a must to be in the same channel as which the Access Point
operates in,
in order to associate and authenticate successfully to an access
point?

Rgs,
Mark

(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Is it a must to be in the same channel as which the Access Point
> operates in,

The channel number is for when the device is being used as a master.
Neighbouring masters should have different channel numbers.

The channel number of a client does not matter. The computer will
connect to the access point with the strongest signal, and associate and
authenticate with that access point, as required.

Mark.

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Mark Hobley
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(E-Mail Removed) (Mark Hobley) writes:

> (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Is it a must to be in the same channel as which the Access Point
>> operates in,
>
> The channel number is for when the device is being used as a master.
> Neighbouring masters should have different channel numbers.
>
> The channel number of a client does not matter. The computer will
> connect to the access point with the strongest signal, and associate and
> authenticate with that access point, as required.

Well... not necessarily. You can specify a particular channel and/or
ESSID, and if you do they must match. In the common case, though, (in
which you don't specify these things) Mark is correct.