Topic '2 Actiontec and 1 SSID?' in forum 'Verizon Fiber Optics' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23300882 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:43:53 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:43:53 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23307547 said by qqqquestion :

So this means only one AP needs a physical connection, while the other one can stay strictly wireless and just relay the signal?It depends on the second WAP. It must support being a relay. Most wireless routers do not support this.

There are a few purpose built units that do support this,
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and I believe some third party firmware, such as Tomato also supports this. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23307547 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:19 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23306841 said by aaronwt:

said by druber:

The only gotcha is to use different channels, as otherwise the two WAPs may end up fighting each other.
+1

they will work perfectly fine. You can have several with the same SSID and key and they wil work fine. the devices will seamless roam between them.
So this means only one AP needs a physical connection, while the other one can stay strictly wireless and just relay the signal?

Or do both need a connection to eachother somehow, and then they need the same SSID/pass/diff channel to work seamleslly?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23306841 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:15:44 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23306307
With my laptop, sitting 3 feet away from channel 6, I had connectivity and excellent signal. Then, I powered off channel 6. Voila! I am still connected, with a low signel from channel 1. Turning channel 6 back on results in the signal being excellent again.

Thanks for the help.

Joe7]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23306307 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:53:41 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23303464 said by druber:

The only gotcha is to use different channels, as otherwise the two WAPs may end up fighting each other.
+1

they will work perfectly fine. You can have several with the same SSID and key and they wil work fine. the devices will seamless roam between them. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23303464 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:36:34 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23302511 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23302511 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:21:04 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23302479
»Verizon Online FiOS FAQ »Can I get an ethernet connection in a room with only coax?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23302479 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:14:24 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23302315 said by FrontierTech:

It is likely that your wireless devices will still pick up the fact that they are different routers with different mac addresses...I don't think it will work the way you want it to and would suggest an alternative of just having multiple ssid's and passwords pre-programmed so they automatically connect to the alternate if it cannot connect to the primary... This may be more seemless than what you are proposing...
This sounds wrong to me. At the wireless level, no-one cares about MAC addresses for purposes of SSID association. Worse, from my experience, if you switch to a different SSID, at least one host platform I have used (windows XP) will complete reinitialize the connection (e.g. drop the IP and do a DHCP cycle again), blowing away anything you might be doing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23302315 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:48:41 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23302139 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23302139 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:17:48 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23301803 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23301803 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:06 EDT Re: 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23301078 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23301078 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:21:14 EDT 2 Actiontec and 1 SSID? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23300882
I want to use them for general LAN and wireless use. I want to set both the the same SSID and same WEP key. I plan to have one in the basement and one on the 2nd floor.

Doing this, will they both work together, providing good coverage no matter where I am (its a big house), and allow my wireless devices to use one or the other whenever I move to an area where one signal is better than the other? What if I periodically disconnect one of the Actiontec?

Thanks
Joe]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/2-Actiontec-and-1-SSID-23300882 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:45:09 EDT