Re: SSID for multiple access points

From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 16:55:15 -0500

The AP SSIDs, I believe, should all be the same but the individual APs should be set to different
channels... 

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"Indy Tech" <IndyTech@att.UNSPAM.net> wrote in message 
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> howdy all,
>
> Let me start off by saying I have searched online for answers to this
> question, but apparently haven't been able to discover the right syntax to
> turn up my answers.  With that said, feel free to post abusive or stupid
> responses and I will suffer them with good graces.  :)
>
> I am deploying a WLAN to cover 3 warehouses.  We will be using this network
> to keep Compaq iPaq's in contact with an inventory application.  I did the
> initial setup, and gave each of the APs distinct SSID names.  The iPaqs
> cannot roam between them
>
> As this client is 120 miles away, I wanted to establish before I drove back
> down there:  Can I give all 3 APs the same SSID name, or do they need to be
> unique?
>
> Thanks in advance for all information!
>
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