I've done it before with non-enterprise access points. We just made sure
to use non-interfering channels for each access point.
It seemed to work well, but it's possible that some devices didn't
always pick the right AP. I think it's a common enough setup that most
modern devices are able to utilize it.
On 01/19/2015 08:28 AM, Brian J. Rogers wrote:
I really hope I'm not wrong in this, but the last time I looked into this
it is possible to name them the same with the same credentials. However,
some devices may hold on to a weak connection in favor of switching to the
stronger signal. I was told by the guy I was discussing all of it with that
I would be better off if I went for a small mesh network rather than taking
the duplicate SSID approach.
I'm all for hearing that I'm wrong in this, or if someone has a better
alternative. I've thought about doing the same to give me better coverage
around my house and in my carport.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote:
I recently set up another access point in my yard to give better
wireless coverage to my shop. Currently it's on a different channel and
different SSID than my current one. This works alright and my phone or
laptop will hop on whichever is closest most of the time. But it got me
wondering, would I be better off having the second access point have the
same SSID? Would a device be more likely to switch back and forth
between APs if the SSID was the same? We did this at BYU with enteprise
wifi APs, which supposedly did some kind of fancy handoff between APs as
the client roamed. I realize on a non-enterprise system there's no
handoff between APs, so connections might drop when the client interface
reinitializes, but that happens anyway with my existing setup and
doesn't cause me any heartburn. Do any of you run two APs in your house
with the same SSID but different channel?
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