Switch between AP's?

dlajoie · 05-29-2004

At what signal strength will an access point switch over to the next access
point in an infrastructure and can it be manually forced? The best I have
been able to do is shut one off to force it to switch to the next one. The
original connection will stay with the original AP even if the strength is
poor and I am standing right next to the other one. Both are Linksys
BEFW11S4.

Thorn · 05-29-2004

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Originally Posted by dlajoie

At what signal strength will an access point switch over to the next access
point in an infrastructure and can it be manually forced? The best I have
been able to do is shut one off to force it to switch to the next one. The
original connection will stay with the original AP even if the strength is
poor and I am standing right next to the other one. Both are Linksys
BEFW11S4.

Usually at about 60% - 70%.

dlajoie · 06-04-2004

Not to be confrontational but do you have that it writing somewhere? I have searched high and low and can't find any readings on that topic. From my experience in this situation that does not occur, as I said in the original message it won't even switch over when the signal is extremely low.

Thorn · 06-04-2004

Check books on WLAN design. TechRepublic has some WLAN design primers, too.

From my experience it varies widely according to a number of different factors, but 70% is OK as a rule of thumb for the design coverage area. I typically go for a 30% overlap in cell coverage to facilitate the handoff.

As to why your particular setup doesn't work, it could be a several different settings on either the laptop or the APs.

05-29-2004	#1 (permalink)
dlajoie Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2	Switch between AP's? At what signal strength will an access point switch over to the next access point in an infrastructure and can it be manually forced? The best I have been able to do is shut one off to force it to switch to the next one. The original connection will stay with the original AP even if the strength is poor and I am standing right next to the other one. Both are Linksys BEFW11S4.

06-04-2004	#4 (permalink)
Thorn Did you do the math? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Villa Straylight Posts: 10,351	Check books on WLAN design. TechRepublic has some WLAN design primers, too. From my experience it varies widely according to a number of different factors, but 70% is OK as a rule of thumb for the design coverage area. I typically go for a 30% overlap in cell coverage to facilitate the handoff. As to why your particular setup doesn't work, it could be a several different settings on either the laptop or the APs. __________________ Thorn "Read Altas Shrugged. Compare it to today. Repeat as necessary"

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06-04-2004	#3 (permalink)
dlajoie Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2	Not to be confrontational but do you have that it writing somewhere? I have searched high and low and can't find any readings on that topic. From my experience in this situation that does not occur, as I said in the original message it won't even switch over when the signal is extremely low.