I have 15 wireless laptops and 3 AP's, will i have to point 5 laptops to 1 AP or will they load balance themselves if I configure them all with the same details apart from static ip's any advice appreciated
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I have 15 wireless laptops and 3 AP's, will i have to point 5 laptops to 1 AP or will they load balance themselves if I configure them all with the same details apart from static ip's any advice appreciated
Thanks Peter I will have a look at this in the morning and see if I can figure out if I can do this
Thanks aga>> I have 15 wireless laptops and 3 AP's, will i have to point 5 laptops to >> 1
Your APs should use something called IAPP (Inter Access Point Protocol) - you'll have to configure this. Then you get roaming access. Won't happen by just configuring them with just the same details.
Peter
That's right Barry - you should just build a single LAN and get all the WLAN access points connected on it. The IAPP (Inter-Access-Point- Protocol) does a lot of the communication among the AP's. In addition IAPP is also instrumental for WPA (EAP) to work.
If you realize that there is a higher concentration of users at a single physical location, you should put more Access Points in that location.
Have fun!
I had a look through the web interface of the Aironet 1100 and can't seem to see anything relating to IAPP, guess it doesnt support it
Here's a Command Reference of the device. There is a bunch of stuff covered about IAPP. Check it out:
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