Re: SSID for multiple access points

From: Pavel A. (pavel_a_at_geeklife.com)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 03:15:36 +0300

"Indy Tech" <IndyTech@att.UNSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:t5FGc.1730$aj.384@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
> 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?

You want to reproduce the real config well, therefore the SSIDs should be
different-
as they are on the target system.

--PA

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