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November 22, 2007 at 10:45 AM
johan.consulttechnology.com

2 wireless routers with the same SSID?

by johan.consulttechnology.com . Updated 18 years, 6 months ago

Hi All
Well I have the following problem,
We run a pretty big diesel shop and the floor space is huge, I have a wireless router that covers most of the building but it does not have enough range to cover part of the shop floor, the mecahnics use some diagnostic software on laptops that needs a wireless connection.
My solution is to add another Router in the dead part of the shop, to give it the same SSID and settings the old router has.
Theoretically the laptop should see the seperate routers as one and you would’t need to switch back and forth between wireless connections?

Well I tried this and it has not affected the old router in anyway and altough the new one broadcasts I can’t get into my domain with it and neither can I get out onto the net.
Any help would be much apreciated
Thanks

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