toma_alimosh
Also known as "Myke Hunt"
A friend of mine moved recently, and his new, multi-level house doesn't quite carry wireless signals very well between levels, so he asked me to help him find a solution to this problem.
Searched the net over, but didn't find all the answers, so I thought I should ask you guys.
Having to choose between a repeater and another access point, well, the repeater won't do any good if the signal is already weak and it would suck, so he's stuck with the option of making another access point (or more than one, as required). As most of you know, APs are expensive and a good alternative I've found is to turn a normal wireless router, which would be much less costly, into an access point which is linked by cable to the main router.
So here's where my doubts come in. He wants to access his network with the same security settings, etc. That way he would only have to program one auto-connect network on his laptop and PDA with the same settings. Theoretically, when he's to connect to the network, finding two access points with the same name, etc. the network adapter will choose the point with the higher, signal, right?
But here's the really tough part. He wants the two access points to do handovers ... so he can carry his PDA around the house and his wireless connection doesn't break as he moves from one extreme of the house to the other. Could that be accomplished by turning a wireless router into an additional access point and programming it the same as the first one? Or do you really need an acctual access point for handovers?
Searched the net over, but didn't find all the answers, so I thought I should ask you guys.
Having to choose between a repeater and another access point, well, the repeater won't do any good if the signal is already weak and it would suck, so he's stuck with the option of making another access point (or more than one, as required). As most of you know, APs are expensive and a good alternative I've found is to turn a normal wireless router, which would be much less costly, into an access point which is linked by cable to the main router.
So here's where my doubts come in. He wants to access his network with the same security settings, etc. That way he would only have to program one auto-connect network on his laptop and PDA with the same settings. Theoretically, when he's to connect to the network, finding two access points with the same name, etc. the network adapter will choose the point with the higher, signal, right?
But here's the really tough part. He wants the two access points to do handovers ... so he can carry his PDA around the house and his wireless connection doesn't break as he moves from one extreme of the house to the other. Could that be accomplished by turning a wireless router into an additional access point and programming it the same as the first one? Or do you really need an acctual access point for handovers?