[c-nsp] Access Point & 2 SSID's Trunked to Vlan's

[Dan Letkeman]

That all makes sense.  What other technologies, besides wireless lan
controllers, would make it possible to roam from ap to ap?

Dan.

On Dec 18, 2007 8:17 AM, <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > If I copy this configuration to my other ap's in the building will a
> > client(notebook) automatically roam from ap to ap without getting
> > disconnected?
>
> not without using other technologies - as each AP runs the authentication
> so your client needs to reauthenticate when associating with each AP
>
> > Do you have 802.11a clients or is the 802.11a radio used for something
> else?
> > How would I setup the AP so there is a minimum signal level that is
> > allowed?  eg, if a user is outside the building and still connected that
> it
> > won't work if the users device is say past -75db...
>
> you can start off by using the 'speed' command to select the supported
> connection rates - but a decent antennae may negate the 'security' of
> such a setup. personally i feel that WPA2 is strong enough that it doesnt
> matter if the signal can be received from further away. you could also
> turn down the power of the antennae (antenna gain) - but, once again, that
> will affect how your own users will receive the wireless.  place
> a decent zinc/neodynium mesh or somesuch in your wall cavities - there
> are some papers out there describing such blocking methods.
>
> > Also, I accidentally ordered LWAPP's and I have converted them back to
> > autonomous ap's.  Is there any difference between a converted one vs a
> > bought autonomous ap?
>
> apart from how it appears in CDP, inventory lists and its bootloader?
> no functional difference as far as i'm aware.
>
> alan
>