[Discuss] Wireless router question

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Tue Aug 16 09:40:15 EDT 2011


I will be running 2 wireless routers in my office configured as
switches. All security will be identical. The question is SSID. Should I
configure the second wireless as the same SSID as the first, or not.
For example, the SSID of the first is FuBar, and the second is either
FuBar or FuBar1. It does not matter which wireless one of our employees
connects to.

The advantage of using the same SSID is that possibly some wireless
settings on phones and PCs will connect automatically where if it is a
different SSID it may require the encryption key to be entered, which is
a pain with Smartphones.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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