Cisco Aironet 1100

I have 15 wireless laptops and 3 AP's, will i have to point 5 laptops to 1
AP or will they load balance themselves if I configure them all with the
same details apart from static ip's any advice appreciated

Thanks Peter I will have a look at this in the morning and see if I can
figure out if I can do this

Thanks again

"Peter Boosten" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Barry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I have 15 wireless laptops and 3 AP's, will i have to point 5 laptops to
>> 1
>> AP or will they load balance themselves if I configure them all with the
>> same details apart from static ip's any advice appreciated
>>
>
> Your APs should use something called IAPP (Inter Access Point Protocol) -
> you'll have to configure this. Then you get roaming access. Won't happen
> by just configuring them with just the same details.
>
> Peter
>
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> Mail: peter at boosten dot org

Barry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have 15 wireless laptops and 3 AP's, will i have to point 5 laptops to 1
> AP or will they load balance themselves if I configure them all with the
> same details apart from static ip's any advice appreciated
>

Your APs should use something called IAPP (Inter Access Point Protocol) -
you'll have to configure this. Then you get roaming access. Won't happen
by just configuring them with just the same details.

Peter

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Mail: peter at boosten dot org

On Apr 26, 9:03 pm, "Barry" <the_wu...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I have 15 wireless laptops and 3 AP's, will i have to point 5 laptops to 1
> AP or will they load balance themselves if I configure them all with the
> same details apart from static ip's any advice appreciated

That's right Barry - you should just build a single LAN and get all
the WLAN access points connected on it. The IAPP (Inter-Access-Point-
Protocol) does a lot of the communication among the AP's. In addition
IAPP is also instrumental for WPA (EAP) to work.

If you realize that there is a higher concentration of users at a
single physical location, you should put more Access Points in that
location.

Have fun!
www.confero24.com

I had a look through the web interface of the Aironet 1100 and can't seem to
see anything relating to IAPP, guess it doesnt support it


"c24" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Apr 26, 9:03 pm, "Barry" <the_wu...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> I have 15 wireless laptops and 3 AP's, will i have to point 5 laptops to
>> 1
>> AP or will they load balance themselves if I configure them all with the
>> same details apart from static ip's any advice appreciated
>
> That's right Barry - you should just build a single LAN and get all
> the WLAN access points connected on it. The IAPP (Inter-Access-Point-
> Protocol) does a lot of the communication among the AP's. In addition
> IAPP is also instrumental for WPA (EAP) to work.
>
> If you realize that there is a higher concentration of users at a
> single physical location, you should put more Access Points in that
> location.
>
> Have fun!
> www.confero24.com
>

On Apr 27, 3:55 pm, "Barry" <the_wu...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I had a look through the web interface of the Aironet 1100 and can't seem to
> see anything relating to IAPP, guess it doesnt support it

Here's a Command Reference of the device. There is a bunch of stuff
covered about IAPP. Check it out:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/...080146378.html

HTH / www.confero24.com









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> "c24" <confer...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> > On Apr 26, 9:03 pm, "Barry" <the_wu...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >> I have 15 wireless laptops and 3 AP's, will i have to point 5 laptops to
> >> 1
> >> AP or will they load balance themselves if I configure them all with the
> >> same details apart from static ip's any advice appreciated
>
> > That's right Barry - you should just build a single LAN and get all
> > the WLAN access points connected on it. The IAPP (Inter-Access-Point-
> > Protocol) does a lot of the communication among the AP's. In addition
> > IAPP is also instrumental for WPA (EAP) to work.
>
> > If you realize that there is a higher concentration of users at a
> > single physical location, you should put more Access Points in that
> > location.
>
> > Have fun!
> >www.confero24.com