On 2011-12-28, at 12:58 PM, Andre Abelian wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I have 3 different wireless ssid and I was wondering if I change them to =
same name is better?
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> main router (1) ------------------------to linksys e4200 as access point =
that gave me 2 more ssid  (5g) and (2g)
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> they are far from each other about 70 feet a way and connected thru wire.
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> my question is if I use same names is it going to create conflict?=20
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> any idea or suggestion?

The "normal" way of doing things is to have each AP running with the same S=
SID. That way each device can choose the strongest signal. Theoretically it=
 also allows devices to swap APs when you move around the house.

The only problem with this is sometimes devices get confused and hang on to=
 a weak signal too long, but considering how you are doing things right now=
 I don't think you'll see a difference.

They will not "conflict" by SSID alone. One thing you SHOULD be doing is en=
suring they are on different channels. This will be site dependant, but gen=
erally, for 3 APs in the 2.4GHz band, you should set the channels of each A=
P to 1, 6 and 11 (note that these are the only non overlapping channels in =
the 2.4GHz band). This of course depends on your environment. For example, =
I've got some neighbours with very strong APs on channels 1 and 6, so I use=
 other channels to reduce the interference.=20

TTYL
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