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jtbitbrain's avatar
jtbitbrain
Novice
Feb 04, 2012

WN2000RPTv2

I just joined this forum after buying a WN2000RPTv2 access point. This is a super easy access point to install and it works fairly well to extend a network. The only question i have is, why do i have to log off of the network router SSID and onto the AP SSID when moving from room to room. When i renamed the AP to the same SSID as my router, it didn't seem to have any effect on my signal strength. Is there a reason the AP has to have a different SSID from the Router. Is the wireless client supposed to jump from Router to AP depending on the best signal strength?

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  • jmizoguchi's avatar
    jmizoguchi
    Virtuoso
    Feb 06, 2012
    SAME SSID = Roaming

    DIFFERENT SSID = Hoping to SSID

    you are planning to WALK AROUND=ROAMING within the multiple AP then use same.

    What real makes the wifi adapter to change SSID regardless of same/different SSID is based on "roaming agrressiveness " on adapter and NOT AP.

    google "roaming aggressiveness ", you may not able to tweak on smartphone but some of wifi pc can
  • jtbitbrain's avatar
    jtbitbrain
    Novice
    Feb 08, 2012
    Thanks for the quick feedback.
    I ran some tests. I think my roaming laptop doesn't jump from router to access point when they have the same SSID because the roaming laptop is still locked onto the router when I move into AP territory.

    Interestingly enough, when the AP is named differently I can manually switch from the router to the AP network ('hoping') without my laptop missing a beat during various tests such as streaming video tests.
    It kind of acts as if it never actually disconnects from one SSID to the other.