Help, Multiple Access Points

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Configure AP #1 on channel 1, AP #2 on channel 6, and AP #3 on channel 11.
Adjacent channels have frequency overlap, but between channels 1 and 6 and
11 there is no frequency overlap. If you have to use a fourth, then start
again with channel 1, and make sure AP #4 is far enough away from AP #1 that
a client computer won't see both.

When you position your access points, make sure there are no gaps in signal
coverage. Clients will associate with whichever AP's signal is stronger.
As a client roams away from one AP and toward another, once that second AP's
signal is sufficiently strong, the client will associate with that one.

Steve Riley
steriley@microsoft.com



> I need to set up a small office netwrok with multiple wireless access
> points. They are going to tablet PCs for record keeping, and they
> need seemless wireless access. Initial testing indicates it will need
> atleast three wireless access points or some form of repeater to
> adequately provide the coverage they will need.
>
> There is cable all over the building so simpley plugging in multiple
> access points would be easy enough, but they fields of coverage would
> have to overlap. Would the tablet cards get confused or the access
> points get confused with overlapping coverage. Would it have any
> trouble with switching from one access point to the next? Would it
> cause multiple collissions on the network? The people using these are
> proffessionals, but not technical. Having to manually change things
> ass they move to different parts of the building simpley would not
> work. They need to seamlessly be able to move around the building
> with their tablets and do their record keeping.
>