One SSID across multiple access points

guzzifrank wrote:
I have a larger home with multiple areas with dead wireless zones. I want to use the powerline products to basically flood the total area but with one SSIS and passphrase. Ideally I want to be able to walk through the three floors and stay on my smart phone or tablet. Multiple SSID would just confuse people.

That is what I do.

But, I am with fordem when it comes to the strategy. Where possible, use "hardwired" connections to the Powerline Ethernet.

In my case I have four Netgear Powerline plugs. (XWN5001 and XAVB5101). One eats the Ethernet from the modem/router. Two are connected to hard wired devices (a smart Samsung Blu Ray player and a Denon Internet radio).

I also have a XWNB5201 wifi extender Homeplug that broadcasts using the same SSID as the modem/router. At times I have also added a Netgear WN2000RPT wireless extender to the network. It works just fine.

Oh, my house wiring is old. It even spans out to a separate building with its own fuse box, and yet the Ethernet still travels to the other building. I even use mains extension blocks, so I am breaking all of the Powerline rules with little obvious effect.