[MLB-WIRELESS] Multiple APs

[Jamie Lovick]

Hi,

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Fulton, Darren J wrote:
>
> Anyone on the list from Swinburne might be able to shed some light.
> Last time I took the laptop for a drive, the Hawthorn campus was lit
> up like a chrismas tree with half a dozen APs (maybe more), all with
> the same SSID and all using channel 6.

While I am not from Swinburne, I can say that this is typical for such a
setup.

Multiple AP's in a fairly small area can operate on the same channel
with the same SSID. "cells" can overlap, and a client can wander from
one cell to another.

Regards

Jamie

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