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12-12-2006	#1 (permalink)
rexmedorum Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2	Roaming problem: what can we do? we have a roaming problem, closely related to the topic "Dream-team connection manager" We have a ap for every floor in the building. However some people on the 3rd floor keep connecting to the 2nd floor ap. They experiance a very slow connection, which keeps dropping. Occasionally the laptops do connect to the 3rd floor ap with excelent signal strength but then the drop back to the 2nd floor ones. Any suggestions what we could do? (I actually do understand that it would be a violation of the standard if we forced the laptops onto one specific AP, and it would be undesired for the laptops in any case)

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Originally Posted by rexmedorum

we have a roaming problem, closely related to the topic "Dream-team connection manager"
We have a ap for every floor in the building. However some people on the 3rd floor keep connecting to the 2nd floor ap. They experience a very slow connection, which keeps dropping. Occasionally the laptops do connect to the 3rd floor ap with excellent signal strength but then the drop back to the 2nd floor ones.
Any suggestions what we could do?
(I actually do understand that it would be a violation of the standard if we forced the laptops onto one specific AP, and it would be undesired for the laptops in any case)

Enable MAC filtering on your AP's. Devices that should only connect to the second floor, put them in the MAC Filter for that floor, and the same goes for the Third floor.

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Originally Posted by rexmedorum

we have a roaming problem, closely related to the topic "Dream-team connection manager"
We have a ap for every floor in the building. However some people on the 3rd floor keep connecting to the 2nd floor ap. They experiance a very slow connection, which keeps dropping. Occasionally the laptops do connect to the 3rd floor ap with excelent signal strength but then the drop back to the 2nd floor ones.
Any suggestions what we could do?
(I actually do understand that it would be a violation of the standard if we forced the laptops onto one specific AP, and it would be undesired for the laptops in any case)

Sounds like there may be an issue with the 3rd floor AP.

1. Are they all the same brand/model AP?

2. Are they all running the same firmware?

I have seen 1 installation with mixed vendor AP's that did exactly what you are describing.

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audit Country Boy. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep in the Woods. Posts: 1,913	How about some more information on the AP's? Have you done a survey and if so, what type of signal are you getting off each one on each floor? You should be able to adjust the signal to help eliminate this from happening. __________________ audit Blackberry Outage Mail List. Be the one of first people to know about RIM outages. Blackberry Chat Mail List. My day to day life.

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How about some more information on the AP's? Have you done a survey and if so, what type of signal are you getting off each one on each floor? You should be able to adjust the signal to help eliminate this from happening.

They come here first expecting us to do it for them

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Originally Posted by theprez98

They come here first expecting us to do it for them

Of course I have It its'the way I'd expect it to be.
When I'm on the 3rd floor the one of the 3rd floor is excelent with a stroong signal, the one on the 2nd with a very week signal and the one on the 1st floor I usually can't see (sometimes it pops up though)
They are all same brand & model. Not sure about firmware though

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Originally Posted by rexmedorum

And that would be???

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Originally Posted by rexmedorum

Double check firmware versions on all the AP's.

Also, what channels are all the AP's on?

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Originally Posted by rexmedorum

You do realise that the quality of help you can get is proportional to the quality of information you provide ?

And you DID read the Welcome Desk section, before you posted, right ? Especially the thread regarding "Problems with your hardware" ?

Otherwise go do it now.. And read ALL the threads in the Welcome Desk section, while you are there.

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