recognizing a previous connection

[Martin Langhoff]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Greg Smith <gregsmitholpc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure this dictates the right design, but I am aware of several
> sites planning to use multiple access points.
>
> One in the US will have ~40! and I believe that another in the US (NYC)
> has many APs and a robust network.
> One school in Rwanda has recently been funded to install 10 x APs.

Concept mixup! To clarify: these sites are going to have multiple APs
but most likely to have a single ESSID, or perhaps a low number of
ESSIDs (ie: one per building or one per floor).

When you have a large infra with many APs all using the same ESSID
('name'), network manager and the rest of the wifi machinery in the XO
will do the right thing (that is: use the one with strongest signal).

All this 'recognise a previous connection' thread is about recognising
the same ESSID. It should not be a problem.

cheers,



m
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