Multiple Wireless Access Point Setup?

Greetings,

I know the MS hardware is somewhat new to the wireless
LAN game, but I am in need of a concrete answer, so I
thought I would try the brain trust here. :-)

Situation is:

-multiple access points, hard wired to the same physical
LAN, around a large office.
-access points are ONLY doing access point
-laptop and tablet users need to be able to seamlessly
float through office
-SSID is the same everywhere

The question is around the channel to use.
-Cisco says use the same channel on all devices
-SMC says use a different channel for each AP
-LinkSys says either way... but an article on their site,
says use different channels
-DLink says use the same channel.

Anyone know for sure? Or have a "case by case" reasoning
I can use? :-)

Thanks,
Andrew

roaming is what you are doing. use channels 1 6 and 11 which are non
overlapping. if you have more than 3, then you would have some issues

Andrew wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I know the MS hardware is somewhat new to the wireless
> LAN game, but I am in need of a concrete answer, so I
> thought I would try the brain trust here. :-)
>
> Situation is:
>
> -multiple access points, hard wired to the same physical
> LAN, around a large office.
> -access points are ONLY doing access point
> -laptop and tablet users need to be able to seamlessly
> float through office
> -SSID is the same everywhere
>
> The question is around the channel to use.
> -Cisco says use the same channel on all devices
> -SMC says use a different channel for each AP
> -LinkSys says either way... but an article on their site,
> says use different channels
> -DLink says use the same channel.
>
> Anyone know for sure? Or have a "case by case" reasoning
> I can use? :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew


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Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
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MS-MVP (Windows)

Agreed.
Any reason you can see, why someone like Cisco though,
would suggest putting them all on the same channel, at
the same time? Netgear as well, and DLink...?

Andrew

>-----Original Message-----
>roaming is what you are doing. use channels 1 6 and 11
which are non
>overlapping. if you have more than 3, then you would
have some issues
>
>Andrew wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I know the MS hardware is somewhat new to the wireless
>> LAN game, but I am in need of a concrete answer, so I
>> thought I would try the brain trust here. :-)
>>
>> Situation is:
>>
>> -multiple access points, hard wired to the same
physical
>> LAN, around a large office.
>> -access points are ONLY doing access point
>> -laptop and tablet users need to be able to seamlessly
>> float through office
>> -SSID is the same everywhere
>>
>> The question is around the channel to use.
>> -Cisco says use the same channel on all devices
>> -SMC says use a different channel for each AP
>> -LinkSys says either way... but an article on their
site,
>> says use different channels
>> -DLink says use the same channel.
>>
>> Anyone know for sure? Or have a "case by case"
reasoning
>> I can use? :-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
>
>
>--
> Barb Bowman
> Expert Zone Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> MS-MVP (Windows)
>
>
>.
>

repeater, versus roaming

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Agreed.
> Any reason you can see, why someone like Cisco though,
> would suggest putting them all on the same channel, at
> the same time? Netgear as well, and DLink...?
>
> Andrew
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> roaming is what you are doing. use channels 1 6 and 11
> which are non
>> overlapping. if you have more than 3, then you would have some issues
>>
>> Andrew wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I know the MS hardware is somewhat new to the wireless
>>> LAN game, but I am in need of a concrete answer, so I
>>> thought I would try the brain trust here. :-)
>>>
>>> Situation is:
>>>
>>> -multiple access points, hard wired to the same
> physical
>>> LAN, around a large office.
>>> -access points are ONLY doing access point
>>> -laptop and tablet users need to be able to seamlessly
>>> float through office
>>> -SSID is the same everywhere
>>>
>>> The question is around the channel to use.
>>> -Cisco says use the same channel on all devices
>>> -SMC says use a different channel for each AP
>>> -LinkSys says either way... but an article on their
> site,
>>> says use different channels
>>> -DLink says use the same channel.
>>>
>>> Anyone know for sure? Or have a "case by case"
> reasoning
>>> I can use? :-)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrew
>>
>>
>> --
>> Barb Bowman
>> Expert Zone Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>
>>
>> .


--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)

No... that's not how they describe it.

We're not talking about repeaters here, that I am clear
on. A repeater would indeed HAVE to be on the same
channel.

They (Cisco, NetGear, DLink) all specifically say, for
multiple access points to put them all on the same
channel...

Andrew

>-----Original Message-----
>repeater, versus roaming
>
>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> Agreed.
>> Any reason you can see, why someone like Cisco though,
>> would suggest putting them all on the same channel, at
>> the same time? Netgear as well, and DLink...?
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> roaming is what you are doing. use channels 1 6 and 11
>> which are non
>>> overlapping. if you have more than 3, then you would
have some issues
>>>
>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> I know the MS hardware is somewhat new to the
wireless
>>>> LAN game, but I am in need of a concrete answer, so I
>>>> thought I would try the brain trust here. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Situation is:
>>>>
>>>> -multiple access points, hard wired to the same
>> physical
>>>> LAN, around a large office.
>>>> -access points are ONLY doing access point
>>>> -laptop and tablet users need to be able to
seamlessly
>>>> float through office
>>>> -SSID is the same everywhere
>>>>
>>>> The question is around the channel to use.
>>>> -Cisco says use the same channel on all devices
>>>> -SMC says use a different channel for each AP
>>>> -LinkSys says either way... but an article on their
>> site,
>>>> says use different channels
>>>> -DLink says use the same channel.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know for sure? Or have a "case by case"
>> reasoning
>>>> I can use? :-)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Andrew
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Barb Bowman
>>> Expert Zone Columnist
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>
>
>--
> Barb Bowman
> Expert Zone Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> MS-MVP (Windows)
>
>
>.
>

I can only repeat what I've already told you.

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:57:41 -0700, "Andrew"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>No... that's not how they describe it.
>
>We're not talking about repeaters here, that I am clear
>on. A repeater would indeed HAVE to be on the same
>channel.
>
>They (Cisco, NetGear, DLink) all specifically say, for
>multiple access points to put them all on the same
>channel...
>
>Andrew
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>repeater, versus roaming
>>
>>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>> Agreed.
>>> Any reason you can see, why someone like Cisco though,
>>> would suggest putting them all on the same channel, at
>>> the same time? Netgear as well, and DLink...?
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> roaming is what you are doing. use channels 1 6 and 11
>>> which are non
>>>> overlapping. if you have more than 3, then you would
>have some issues
>>>>
>>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>
>>>>> I know the MS hardware is somewhat new to the
>wireless
>>>>> LAN game, but I am in need of a concrete answer, so I
>>>>> thought I would try the brain trust here. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Situation is:
>>>>>
>>>>> -multiple access points, hard wired to the same
>>> physical
>>>>> LAN, around a large office.
>>>>> -access points are ONLY doing access point
>>>>> -laptop and tablet users need to be able to
>seamlessly
>>>>> float through office
>>>>> -SSID is the same everywhere
>>>>>
>>>>> The question is around the channel to use.
>>>>> -Cisco says use the same channel on all devices
>>>>> -SMC says use a different channel for each AP
>>>>> -LinkSys says either way... but an article on their
>>> site,
>>>>> says use different channels
>>>>> -DLink says use the same channel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know for sure? Or have a "case by case"
>>> reasoning
>>>>> I can use? :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Barb Bowman
>>>> Expert Zone Columnist
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>
>>
>>--
>> Barb Bowman
>> Expert Zone Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>
>>
>>.
>>

--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)