Multiple AP setup?

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What's the preferred method of setting up multiple A/Ps to cover a
larger area than one A/P can cover on it's own?

Do I use the same SSID and channel on each, same SSID and multiple
non-overlapping channels, or everything different?

Will a laptop be able to seamlessly roam between one A/P and another,
or will it have to manually disconnect from the further one and
connect to the near one?

I've got three D-Link DWL-G800APs, and was planning on using one as an
A/P and the other two as repeaters, but I'm having all kinds of
trouble making this work, and D-Link tech support has been (ahem) less
than helpful, so I thought I'd try something else...

Thanks!

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William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com

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>What's the preferred method of setting up multiple A/Ps to cover a
>larger area than one A/P can cover on it's own?
>
>Do I use the same SSID and channel on each, same SSID and multiple
>non-overlapping channels, or everything different?
>
>Will a laptop be able to seamlessly roam between one A/P and another,
>or will it have to manually disconnect from the further one and
>connect to the near one?
>
>I've got three D-Link DWL-G800APs, and was planning on using one as an
>A/P and the other two as repeaters, but I'm having all kinds of
>trouble making this work, and D-Link tech support has been (ahem) less
>than helpful, so I thought I'd try something else...
>
>Thanks!

Same ESSID, put one on channel one, one on channel six and the last on
channel 11. Roaming should be seamless.

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>>
>>
>> >What's the preferred method of setting up multiple A/Ps to cover a
>> >larger area than one A/P can cover on it's own?
>> >
>> >Do I use the same SSID and channel on each, same SSID and multiple
>> >non-overlapping channels, or everything different?
>> >
>> >Will a laptop be able to seamlessly roam between one A/P and another,
>> >or will it have to manually disconnect from the further one and
>> >connect to the near one?
>> >
>> >I've got three D-Link DWL-G800APs, and was planning on using one as an
>> >A/P and the other two as repeaters, but I'm having all kinds of
>> >trouble making this work, and D-Link tech support has been (ahem) less
>> >than helpful, so I thought I'd try something else...
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>>
>> Same ESSID, put one on channel one, one on channel six and the last on
>> channel 11. Roaming should be seamless.
>
>You should use the same SSID as Andrew said. But which channels you use
>depends on whether the APs communicate wirelessly or over wires. If you're
>wiring all three APs to an Ethernet switch, then you should use three
>different channels, preferably non-overlapping. But if you're using two of
>the APs as wireless repeaters, then you must use the same channel for all
>three APs.

Thanks, I described setting up all as AP's since repeater mode cuts
the bandwidth in half.

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>William P.N. Smith wrote:
>>I've got three D-Link DWL-G800APs, and was planning on using one as an
>>A/P and the other two as repeaters, but I'm having all kinds of
>>trouble making this work, and D-Link tech support has been (ahem) less
>>than helpful, so I thought I'd try something else...
>
>Found a DI-624 WiFi router, and the DWL-G800APs appear to repeat that
>OK (they just won't repeat for themselves), so I think I'll go with
>that option.
>
>Thanks for the hints guys, if the repeater thing doesn't work we'll
>run some wires and try multiple APs, but running wires would really be
>non-trivial...
>
>Thanks!
Home power line networking can help with that:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,85003,00.asp