is my laptop intellegent enough?

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Nagaraj1979

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I have one AP in 192. etc network and 2nd AP in 10. etc network! If i set same SSID, password, security on these 2 APs, can my laptop switch between these 2 automatically?
 
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This works the same as any other wifi network. If you have connections in 5 different places, when the device sees a saved network, it will connect automatically, if the options are set for that. If you have a connection at home and at a friend's house, when you go from home to your friend's house, the device will connect to that WiFi on it's own. You can set things to be a manual connection but the default is connect automatically when in range. Once it loses connection to the first network, it will look some something else that is saved in it's cache.
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If it loses connection with the first one, it will hunt for a new one to connect to, so yes, but since you have them on different IPs, you need to connect to both of them manually at first. Actually, I have not seen a setup where you would use two SSIDs but different IPs. That may cause issues.
 
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This works the same as any other wifi network. If you have connections in 5 different places, when the device sees a saved network, it will connect automatically, if the options are set for that. If you have a connection at home and at a friend's house, when you go from home to your friend's house, the device will connect to that WiFi on it's own. You can set things to be a manual connection but the default is connect automatically when in range. Once it loses connection to the first network, it will look some something else that is saved in it's cache.
 
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bill001g

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I will likely not work constantly. When the signal gets weak it will drop the first connection and search for a second. Now if it happens fast it will not get a new IP address and you will have the wrong IP on the second network. You will need to manually release and renew. If it happens slow enough it will actually request a new IP address and it now will work on the new network. The problem you have is every open session you have will close and you must reopen them all. Web browser a simple refresh but other apps you will have to log in a second time.
 
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