Richard Zimmerman wrote:>> Do you have them on different channels? > > YES, definitely.... If you have the room in the spectrum, ch1, skip2, ch3, > skip 4, ch5, etc... I've actually have mine set with two empty channels > between them as the 3rd building is a machine / fabrication shop with lots > and lots of RFI going on.So does a client laptop have to change NM setup if passing from one router to another? I wonder if one can specify a routers IP address to NM ? -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin
On 11/4/2015 11:45 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:> Richard Zimmerman wrote: > >>> Do you have them on different channels? >> YES, definitely.... If you have the room in the spectrum, ch1, skip2, ch3, >> skip 4, ch5, etc... I've actually have mine set with two empty channels >> between them as the 3rd building is a machine / fabrication shop with lots >> and lots of RFI going on. > So does a client laptop have to change NM setup > if passing from one router to another? > > I wonder if one can specify a routers IP address to NM ?If all of the routers are providing access to the same network, you can set up the same SSID, wifi password, and security type for all the routers and the clients should seamlessly switch between them as they move around. Adjust the channels so that they aren't interfering with each other. If you have an android device, there is an app called Wifi Analyzer that can show you a graph of all of the available wifi signals, their signal strength, and what channel they are on. Just make sure there is only one device on the network providing DHCP. You can do it from one of the routers or elsewhere, but only one DHCP server per network. -- Bowie
On 11/04/2015 09:10 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote:> If all of the routers are providing access to the same network, you > can set up the same SSID, wifi password, and security type for all the > routers and the clients should seamlessly switch between them as they > move around.As a point of clarification: The setup that you're describing isn't multiple WiFi routers, it's multiple WiFi Access Points. I think that's generally the best way to deploy wireless networks, but the distinction is important. Access Points, as opposed to routers, are merely bridges to a standard Ethernet LAN. They don't run DHCP, or provide NAT, or route packets at all. Most WiFi routers can be configured this way by a) giving each a unique LAN address b) disabling the WAN port c) disabling DHCP d) connecting Ethernet to one of the LAN switch ports and nothing to the WAN port and e) configuring the same ESSID and security for WiFi.