[TriLUG] Multiple wireless access points

[Joseph Mack]

Steve Kuekes wrote:

> Then I power my laptop off and move upstairs and connect to the upstairs access point, I cannot get any network traffic.  I am sure that I am connected to the upstairs access point as I can check my wireless essid, and I can look in the log on the upstairs access point and I see my mac address connected.  I cannot get any response to my DHCP request for an address.  Even if I hard code a valid IP address I can't get any traffic.

There's a problem here. You have to be able to connect through each WAP independantly before you try to
get them to work together.

> Is there some trick to getting multiple access points on the same network to work properly.  I'm running dlink dwl-900AP+'s for both of them.

just have the same SSID but different channels on each WAP.

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Joseph Mack PhD, High Performance Computing & Scientific Visualization
LMIT, Supporting the EPA Research Triangle Park, NC 919-541-0007
Federal Contact - John B. Smith 919-541-1087 - smith.johnb at epa.gov