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How to specify channel as well as SSID
Hi,
I use my extender to connect to a wifi network that uses captive portal to login.
Near the extender there are 3 APs with the same SSID but different channels.
The extender sometimes switches among them, probably depending on signal variations.
The problem is that when it switches, I need to login again at the captive portal.
Is there a way to specify which SSID AND channel to extend?
In this way, the extender would remain always connected to the same AP ...
thanks a lot.
Davide
1 Reply
No, there is no way to lock an extender to a specific channel.
Does this problem happen if you remove the extender? If so, I would contend that the network design is broken and should be fixed. Reconfiguring the APs to broadcast different SSIDs would be one way to fix it.
