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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>This sounds like WDS?<div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 13:01:31 -0500<br>From: crankyoldbugger@gmail.com<br>To: kwlug-disc@kwlug.org<br>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Joining wi-fi's?<br><br><div dir="ltr">I added in a Wi-Fi extender a few months ago. Both devices were by NetGear.<div><br></div><div>Here's part of the install guide that might shed a little light on this:</div><div><br></div><div><div>If your router supports the 5 GHz band, repeat steps 1 and 2 to </div>
<div>connect the extender to the 5 GHz band. The 5 GHz Link Rate LED </div><div>on your extender lights up.</div><div>The extender’s wireless network name (SSID) changes to your </div><div>existing WiFi network name, with _2GEXT or _5GEXT at the end </div>
<div>of the name, depending on whether the extender is connecting to </div><div>your WiFi network in 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz. </div><div>Existing WiFi network name: MyNetworkName</div><div>New Extender network name: MyNetworkName_2GEXT</div>
<div> </div><div>To connect additional WiFi devices to your extender network, use </div><div>the same network security key (password) as the one that is set </div><div>on your existing wireless network/wireless router.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- so basically when I scan my network, I now see two new SSIDs, namely network_2GEXT and network_5GEXT. I haven't noticed any real difference when connecting to one or the other.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On 4 November 2013 11:28, John Van Ostrand <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@vanostrand.com" target="_blank">john@vanostrand.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>I did a little reading on this myself earlier on this year when I added a second AP to the house to cover those pesky teenagers.<br>
<br>What I found was that if you use the same SSID and same passphrase that clients *might* assume that they are related and will choose the best one and pass-over seamlessly. This seem to be really up to the client. I haven't looked to see if any standard applies to this hand-off, but the reading I had done suggested that some clients won't do this at all or well.<br>
<br></div>I would guess that sophisticated or new clients will do this and older or simpler ones may not. <br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Joe Wennechuk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:youcanreachmehere@hotmail.com" target="_blank">youcanreachmehere@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">There is a small store in Waterloo. It is off Columbia. <br><a href="http://www.superpassantenna.com/." target="_blank">http://www.superpassantenna.com/.</a> They sell High Gain Panel (Fresnel lens) antennae. I have used them up to 19 dBi. This can do the trick a lof of times. If you have a removable antenna, and the proper LMR end. <br>
<br>If you put a high Gain Antenna like 19dBi, and add it to your router on full blast this could potentially push you over the 1 Watt limit. It has been my experience, that while it is illegal to go over one watt; there seems to be no one checking. I used to have 3 Watts coming out of my router at home, and it worked great, and I could use it faaaar from the house.<br>
<br>If you put it on the router side you will get great signal, it will be faster on the download this way, but I suspect your connection is asynchronous with the downloads 5X faster than uploads.<br><br><div>> Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 01:39:23 -0500<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca" target="_blank">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br>> Subject: [kwlug-disc] Joining wi-fi's?<div>
<div><br>> <br>> If I wanted to expand the geographical coverage area of my wi-fi, how do <br>> I go about doing that?<br>> <br>> Just acquire a second AP, use an identical SSID, and just get on with my <br>
> day?<br>> <br>> What are the terms used for this sort of thing / what would my google <br>> search be?<br>> <br>> Thanks.<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kwlug-disc mailing list<br>
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