Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-05 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 11/5/2015 7:22 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Gordon Messmer wrote: As a point of clarification: The setup that you're describing isn't multiple WiFi routers, it's multiple WiFi Access Points. Thanks for your response, and for all the others. I am indeed using the two routers as Access Points, t

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-05 Thread Timothy Murphy
Gordon Messmer wrote: > As a point of clarification: The setup that you're describing isn't > multiple WiFi routers, it's multiple WiFi Access Points. Thanks for your response, and for all the others. I am indeed using the two routers as Access Points, turning off dhcp on them, etc. I did actual

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 11/04/2015 09:10 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: If all of the routers are providing access to the same network, you can set up the same SSID, wifi password, and security type for all the routers and the clients should seamlessly switch between them as they move around. As a point of clarificatio

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 11/04/2015 06:21 AM, Richard Zimmerman wrote: If you have the room in the spectrum, ch1, skip2, ch3, skip 4, ch5, etc Those channels are too close. They still overlap and cause interference. Effectively, the only useful channels for 2.4Ghz WiFi are 1, 6, and 11.

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/4/2015 6:07 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Thanks for your response. Do you have them on different channels? If you have an android device with wifi (tablet, phone), install the freeware app "WiFi Analyzer", and put it in the display mode where it shows channels across the bottom and signal

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 11/4/2015 11:45 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Richard Zimmerman wrote: Do you have them on different channels? YES, definitely If you have the room in the spectrum, ch1, skip2, ch3, skip 4, ch5, etc... I've actually have mine set with two empty channels between them as the 3rd building is a

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread Timothy Murphy
Richard Zimmerman wrote: >> Do you have them on different channels? > > YES, definitely If you have the room in the spectrum, ch1, skip2, ch3, > skip 4, ch5, etc... I've actually have mine set with two empty channels > between them as the 3rd building is a machine / fabrication shop with lots

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread Richard Zimmerman
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Timothy Murphy Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 9:07 AM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers Timothy Murphy wrote: > Thanks for your response. > Do you hav

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread Timothy Murphy
Richard Zimmerman wrote: > I've got a 3 building network... > > Buildings 1/2 between then have 3 wireless routers all pointed to one > CentOS server. > > The 3rd building across the WAN has 3 wireless routers all into one > server... > > In my case They are for local LAN access so they are set

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread Richard Zimmerman
The question is quite vague but the answer is yes. I've got a 3 building network... Buildings 1/2 between then have 3 wireless routers all pointed to one CentOS server. The 3rd building across the WAN has 3 wireless routers all into one server... In my case They are for local LAN access so the