Specifying a particular SSID

I have access to several Verizon Wi-Fi spots from my apartment. They
all show up on my Netgear utility with the same SSID. I want to
specify a particular hot spot (I've noticed that a certain one is
faster), but since they have the same SSID I have no way to indicate
which one I want the bridge to connect to. The bridge (Netgear
WGE101) just seems to grab the first available. Any ideas?

Chuck Daniels wrote:
> I have access to several Verizon Wi-Fi spots from my apartment. They
> all show up on my Netgear utility with the same SSID. I want to
> specify a particular hot spot (I've noticed that a certain one is
> faster), but since they have the same SSID I have no way to indicate
> which one I want the bridge to connect to. The bridge (Netgear
> WGE101) just seems to grab the first available. Any ideas?

The APs must be on different channels... possibly try connecting to a
specific channel first?

Guy

boingo is a free download
it normally would show them seperate and let you choose.

"Bigguy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> Chuck Daniels wrote:
> > I have access to several Verizon Wi-Fi spots from my apartment. They
> > all show up on my Netgear utility with the same SSID. I want to
> > specify a particular hot spot (I've noticed that a certain one is
> > faster), but since they have the same SSID I have no way to indicate
> > which one I want the bridge to connect to. The bridge (Netgear
> > WGE101) just seems to grab the first available. Any ideas?
>
> The APs must be on different channels... possibly try connecting to a
> specific channel first?
>
> Guy
>
>

Unfortunately the Netgear utility does not let you specify the channel
when you are in infrastructure mode. The only options are SSID,
country, and mode (b or g). Is there any way to manually change the
channel in infrastructure mode?

"bumtracks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<Ld0lc.68100$(E-Mail Removed)>.. .
> boingo is a free download
> it normally would show them seperate and let you choose.
>
> "Bigguy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8NLkc.2068$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >
> > Chuck Daniels wrote:
> > > I have access to several Verizon Wi-Fi spots from my apartment. They
> > > all show up on my Netgear utility with the same SSID. I want to
> > > specify a particular hot spot (I've noticed that a certain one is
> > > faster), but since they have the same SSID I have no way to indicate
> > > which one I want the bridge to connect to. The bridge (Netgear
> > > WGE101) just seems to grab the first available. Any ideas?
> >
> > The APs must be on different channels... possibly try connecting to a
> > specific channel first?
> >
> > Guy
> >
> >

Chuck Daniels <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Unfortunately the Netgear utility does not let you specify the channel
> when you are in infrastructure mode. The only options are SSID,
> country, and mode (b or g). Is there any way to manually change the
> channel in infrastructure mode?

try setting the channel and ssid in ad-hoc first then switch to
infrastructure,it works on dlink gear. does the AP you want have
the strongest signal?

> "bumtracks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<Ld0lc.68100$(E-Mail Removed)>.. .
>> boingo is a free download
>> it normally would show them seperate and let you choose.
>>
>> "Bigguy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:8NLkc.2068$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >
>> >
>> > Chuck Daniels wrote:
>> > > I have access to several Verizon Wi-Fi spots from my apartment. They
>> > > all show up on my Netgear utility with the same SSID. I want to
>> > > specify a particular hot spot (I've noticed that a certain one is
>> > > faster), but since they have the same SSID I have no way to indicate
>> > > which one I want the bridge to connect to. The bridge (Netgear
>> > > WGE101) just seems to grab the first available. Any ideas?
>> >
>> > The APs must be on different channels... possibly try connecting to a
>> > specific channel first?
>> >
>> > Guy
>> >
>> >