Hi Gary, That setup would work fine UNTIL a user wanders outside the range of one Wireless Access point and into another. They will have to authenticate to the new AP and there is no guarantee that they would get the same IP. A way around this is a wireless network controller that the Access Points plug into this will then handle a hand off from one AP to the next without the re-authentication. Now Wireless controllers need special APs and are expensive.
Another option is a Wireless controller as a service. Two examples of these are provided by Meraki and Airohive. you configure the AP via a web interface offsite. If you have a POE switch then they don't need power either. Happy to discuss or give you more info if you need. We are looking at the two mentioned solutions for work at the moment Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary James Sent: 01/31/13 03:13 PM To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts Subject: [Peterboro] Commercial wireless setups Hi PLUGers, Need some advice on wireless networking. A hotel we do Electrical work at has asked to add some more wireless access points into the mix as there current 1 point doesn't cover all areas of the hotel. The place is over 300yrs old with some walls at 36inch's thick!! In my own home network I have my current ADSL wireless router and an older ADSL wireless router further down the line connected with CAT5 (I know the second ADSL bit is not needed, but hey I had a spare one.) The above arrangement works fine with both router having the same ESSID and WPA2 network key. Would adding some wireless access points (without ADSL) be this simple? Am I overlooking something that won't work in this environment? I have also on another network seen wireless access hubs that link over wireless rather than being hardwired back to a central switch. Is this reliable or am I better off with CAT5 between. Thanks Gary
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