9/23 Setting up a small-ish 802.11b network (5 AirPorts, ca. 30 clients
across a building with two floors and about 15 rooms.) Can someone
give me some tips as to how to set the AP frequencies? Is it best
to have them all on the same, or on incremental frequencies? Also,
is there any uniform method by which wi-fi cards pick an AP (assuming
one's in the same room, but overloaded, and one is down the hall,
with a slightly weaker signal, will a new client pick the next AP?)
Thanks. -John
\_ http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120061
"Designing AirPort Networks" has the tips you need.
\_ Mix frequences, use all 3 (i think there are only 3 real ranges?)
to maximize throughput. As for the other stuff, I don't know of
any uniform method, but is your network all airports and mac?
Never used apple, but dlink client allow you to choose an AP. Higher
end stuff like cisco might have such load-balancing features.
I think the Linksys client card just picks an AP for you.
\_ There are 11, but they overlap; there are only 3 that are
mostly distinct. Use 1, 6, and 11, and try to keep the
access points with the same frequencies away from each other.
I think a client will always pick up on the strongest signal,
there's nothing about congestion built into the protocol. -tom |
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