[Discuss] Wireless router question

[matt at mattshields.org (Matt Shields)]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Kyle Leslie <fbxxkl at gmail.com> wrote:

> My experience has been if you run the same SSID/Security setup but on
> different channels it works ok.
>
> You just have to make sure that the particular channel you select isn't
> getting a lot of interference.
>
> You could try "Wifi Analyzer" (Android app) to scan for interference. Also
> inSSIDer to scan other wifi networks and channels they run on.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
>
> > 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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I've done the same thing.  One problem I've encountered no matter if you use
the same SSID is if the person goes from one area to another, but can still
pickup the radio of the distant WIFI, then it won't always switch to the
stronger signal on the closer channel (or different SSID if  your using
another one).  It would be nice to know if there was a way to tell theOS to
always pick the WIFI with the stronger signal.

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