Thanks for all your input on this. Sorry for the late reply other works got in the way and i have only just picked this up again. I think i will just hardwire cat 5/6 between access points and give then the same ssid and wpa key. People obviously dont change room much and if they have a slight transition between points as they go down to the bar once a night I cant see it being a major problem. Can anyone recommend a good access point with POE taking into account that he will have a low to mid budget in mind. On Feb 2, 2013 1:54 PM, "Phil Thompson" <p...@yarwell.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 18:03 +0000, Mark Rogers wrote: > > How does this work in practice? > > > > If my laptop/phone/whatever moves between zones, will it automatically > > switch to the strongest signal (even if it still has a weak connection > > to the AP it started with), or will it need to actually lose one > > signal before it looks for another one? > > in practice it "just happens" with the exact mechanism down the client > and access point software/firmware I guess. > > It certainly doesn't drop out and look for another access point, as I > would imagine it sees them as part of the same network with the same > SSID etc but different MACs (the whole process AIUI is at the MAC layer > level). > > I don't think it picks the best signal either but will initiate a "hand > off" to another AP if the signal degrades too much. > > 802.11f added some better management of the process to the original > minimalist requirements of 802.11b. > > > http://www.cs.umd.edu/~waa/pubs/handoff-lat-acm.pdf explains in detail, > if you search for " wireless AP handoff 802.11g " you'll get an > afternoon's reading ;-) > > > > Phil > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >
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