Hi, I am following this thread with interest. Although I live in a small flat, I have to use a wireless extender device because the walls are very thick and the signal doesn't get from the lounge where the kit is to the other bedrooms. I have a Sophos professional firewall device with an AP controlled by the wireless controller in that system that was left from a previous job. The license expires on that at the end of the year and was not planning on renewing it due to the cost. I have this in the lounge, and because I don't have wired Ethernet throughout the flat I decided to get a homeplug wireless access point and have this working as a separate access point but using the same SSID. It works pretty well for the most part, except for the fact I have Sonos equipment and streaming content from the TV or a turntable I have (which uses high bitrates) causes a problem. I know the best approach is to wire the flat up, but I have been looking at some of these whole home wireless systems which don't use homeplug technology, but you plug wireless points in at various places and the system works together to bring you a wireless system. You can also use Ethernet sockets on the points to get Ethernet to devices that need it. I haven't seen how well this works in practise though, and am aware it is very new technology. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Bill Dengler Sent: 25 August 2017 22:42 To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] repeaters I did that as well, but often devices would hold onto the wrong AP. Bill
On Aug 25, 2017, at 9:41 PM, Simon Eigeldinger via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> wrote:
Hi Bill,
Why isn't it a good idea to use the same SSID on the same network for multiple APs?
I did that at home because we had more places in the house to fit with APs and it worked pretty well.
Greetings, Simon
Am 25.08.2017 um 23:38 schrieb Bill Dengler:
Yes, they would. Bill
On Aug 25, 2017, at 9:36 PM, luke scholey <lukescholey@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi bill With this approach would it not mean that users would have to manually select a different network on the device depending on where they were in the home? Luke
On 25 Aug 2017, at 22:24, Bill Dengler <codeofdusk@gmail.com> wrote:
In almost all cases, a wireless repeater is the wrong approach. The best thing to do is wire the router and additional access points over ethernet (patch panel), power line, etc. Each WAP should have its own SSID, so that roaming can be easily controlled from the device side. Devices tend to hold onto access points they’re already connected to, even if a stronger signal is available. This can be partially solved by controlling the signal strength (roaming assistant on Asus professional tab) but I’ve found that separate SSIDs and an ethernet patch panel is the best approach for large homes.
Bill
On Aug 25, 2017, at 8:36 PM, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
I'd like to get some advice from those who have set up home repeaters for wireless range increases. Currently I have two routers, my primary an Asus RT-N66U running Merlin firmware and a Linksys not sure running DD-WRT. I've also got a buffalo that I'm going to convert.
I am wanting to set up the buffalo and the Linksys as repeaters. I am quite confused as to how to do this as my primary router is putting out three different SSID's, the main 2.4 GHZ, the primary 5 GHZ, and a guest network on 2.4 GHZ.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks. Dave.
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