Roaming Problem

Con Foley · 10-06-2002

Hi,

I have a SMC7004WBR wireless router and a couple of SMC2632W pc cards. These work okay, but my apartment is two story rebar concrete, so the coverage isn't complete. Recently I added a Linksys BEFW11S4 v2 wireless router to my network hoping to improve the coverage by putting the routers on different floors.

I set the SMC on channel 1, and have tried the Linksys on channels 6 and 11, same SSID. Both wireless routers work fine individually. But, I have a problem with roaming. With the wireless client near the SMC router, the client scans and finds channel 1 okay. However, if I bring the client near the Linksys router it scans and finds the Linksys channel okay, but after a couple of seconds, drops that channel and scans for channel 1, the SMC channel. The signal on the SMC channel is very weak due to being far away, so it won't lock onto the SMC channel. The client then repeats the scanning process, never locking on to any channel. If however, I shut off the SMC router, the client will then lock onto the Linksys channel.

Disappointed that I can't get roaming to work, any thoughts?

Carnager · 10-06-2002

Maybe because they are routers, instead of regular accesspoints, you can't get roaming to work, but at this moment that's not an issue yet. There may be some device other than wireless lan equipment that's causing the bad signal. Anyhow, set the channels to 1 and 11 if possible, they are the most outter frequencies so lowest chance of interference. You already have the same SSID so that is good. Check if you have any wireless headphones, wireless audio/video transmitters and cordless phones in or around your appartment. If you find any, see if they operate in the 2.4GHz frequency band. If they do, deactivate and one after another with some time in between, reconnect them, to find out what the bugger is..
Good luck!

10-06-2002	#1 (permalink)
Con Foley Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1	Roaming Problem Hi, I have a SMC7004WBR wireless router and a couple of SMC2632W pc cards. These work okay, but my apartment is two story rebar concrete, so the coverage isn't complete. Recently I added a Linksys BEFW11S4 v2 wireless router to my network hoping to improve the coverage by putting the routers on different floors. I set the SMC on channel 1, and have tried the Linksys on channels 6 and 11, same SSID. Both wireless routers work fine individually. But, I have a problem with roaming. With the wireless client near the SMC router, the client scans and finds channel 1 okay. However, if I bring the client near the Linksys router it scans and finds the Linksys channel okay, but after a couple of seconds, drops that channel and scans for channel 1, the SMC channel. The signal on the SMC channel is very weak due to being far away, so it won't lock onto the SMC channel. The client then repeats the scanning process, never locking on to any channel. If however, I shut off the SMC router, the client will then lock onto the Linksys channel. Disappointed that I can't get roaming to work, any thoughts?

10-06-2002	#2 (permalink)
Carnager European Stumble DataBase Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Netherlands (EU) Posts: 104	Maybe because they are routers, instead of regular accesspoints, you can't get roaming to work, but at this moment that's not an issue yet. There may be some device other than wireless lan equipment that's causing the bad signal. Anyhow, set the channels to 1 and 11 if possible, they are the most outter frequencies so lowest chance of interference. You already have the same SSID so that is good. Check if you have any wireless headphones, wireless audio/video transmitters and cordless phones in or around your appartment. If you find any, see if they operate in the 2.4GHz frequency band. If they do, deactivate and one after another with some time in between, reconnect them, to find out what the bugger is.. Good luck! __________________ Carnager Founder of SDV SDV Anime: http://www.sdvanime.com SDV Eurobeat: http://www.eurobeat.nl SDV W-lan: http://wlan.sdvanime.com

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