Two access points

The Astroman

The Astroman

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Hey all!
Is there any way I can use two wireless access points to form a single WLAN?
I have two access points and would like to use them both to increase wireless coverage of my home, and I was thinking it would be great if both could emit as a unique WLAN.
Would this simply be a matter of setting the same SSID and security?
 
Are they access points or wireless routers?


I suppose you could link them all together but it would not be a single wireless transmission.
 
The Astroman said:
Hey all!
Is there any way I can use two wireless access points to form a single WLAN?
I have two access points and would like to use them both to increase wireless coverage of my home, and I was thinking it would be great if both could emit as a unique WLAN.
Would this simply be a matter of setting the same SSID and security?
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Yes, if you set your SSID and security up as the same on each AP then it will be seen as ONE ssid when you view your wireless networks, once you connect to that SSID it can transition between each different AP based on signal strength. The transition is seamless and you never notice it.
 
Okay, as I said, you could link the source of the wireless access point from the wireless router and have a large radius, but i think software detirmins if it can be a single transmission. I have never needed to do this so I do not know- however schools have multiple access points on one single wireless broadcast.

Best for one of the networking admins in this forum to tell you :)
 
The Astroman said:
Hey all!
Is there any way I can use two wireless access points to form a single WLAN?
I have two access points and would like to use them both to increase wireless coverage of my home, and I was thinking it would be great if both could emit as a unique WLAN.
Would this simply be a matter of setting the same SSID and security?
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They have to have the following in common across the board

DNS
DHCP (subnets, unless you are going to use VLANs)
SSID
same security

You want to set up your router, as the main device. It will handle DHCP and DNS. Run a cable from your router into your access point, make sure your access point is in gateway mode (or whatever that vendor calls it) and acts just as a repeater. Give it a wired connection and power and input your wireless SSID and security and you are good to go. I would also make sure that the router, and both APs are at least 2 channels apart from one another to reduce interference from one another. You may have to point your AP to the IP of your router for DNS and DHCP

WDS is when you bridge a connection and split the bandwidth in half, half for the bridge and half for the repeater. If you can run direct cables to your APs might as well do that.
 
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