recognizing a previous connection

[rihoward1 at gmail.com]

The problem in this case is when the child closes the lid they will  
lose there connection.  When they open the lid, the XO will 1st  
attempt to connect to a mesh then the AP.

Also there is the assumption that the schools using APs will have a  
single ESSID and that in practice a large number of APs will behave  
in this situation.  Prove it!
This also assumes that the APs, that the large schools have  
purchased,  support WSD correctly.



On Sep 11, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote:

> 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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