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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If not using roaming under WDS or repeater/expander you can use AP with same SSID and configure </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red;background:white'>roaming aggressiveness </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>to medium/high<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>See example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.tp-link.com/en/faq-592.html">http://www.tp-link.com/en/faq-592.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Linux-il [mailto:linux-il-bounces@cs.huji.ac.il] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lior Okman<br><b>Sent:</b> August-30-15 14:29<br><b>To:</b> Erez D<br><b>Cc:</b> linux-il<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: ot: multiple wifi AP for covarage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Erez D <<a href="mailto:erez0001@gmail.com" target="_blank">erez0001@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm facing with the following problem:<br>one wifi router does not cover the area i need<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>if I put multiple access points. the laptops / smartphones does not switch access points automatically, and i find myself with terrible data rate because the laptop is still connected to a remote AP, while a closer is a meter from me<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>i tried to put all APs with same ESSID, but that no help<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think that it's not enough that all the APs have the same ESSID. You also have to verify that the security settings are exactly the same on all of the access points, and that each access point is using a different channel.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>using a repeater if i understand correctly will not help either (and i get worse throughput)<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>any idea ?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Linux-il mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il">Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il</a><br><a href="http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il" target="_blank">http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>