ot: multiple wifi AP for covarage

[Lior Okman]

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm facing with the following problem:
> one wifi router does not cover the area i need
> 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
>
> i tried to put all APs with same ESSID, but that no help
>

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.



> using a repeater if i understand correctly will not help either (and i get
> worse throughput)
>
>
> any idea ?
>
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