When one wireless access point is not enough coverage what can you do?
23 Oct 2010 - DaveWhen one wireless access point is not enough coverage what can you do? There is no place in the house where the wireless access point is strong enough to use from everywhere that you want to use it. There are wireless signal boosters but many times they still do not boost the signal enough.
You could add multiple wireless access points. Then connect to the one with the strongest signal depending on where you are. Of course you’re using security…right? WPA2? Does that mean keeping track of different access points as well as different pass phrases?
The easy way is to give them all the same SSID. The SSID is the name of the wireless access point when you’re computer looks for available wireless. Use the same security, like WPA2 and the same pass phrase as well. That way you can move between the different wireless access points seamlessly.
That will almost work. Set each wireless access point on a different channel. There are 11 channels to choose from but we can’t just use 1, 2 and 3. The wireless signals bleed over to adjacent channels. Skipping a couple of channels works best, like 1, 5 and 11. It can get a little tricky if a neighbor’s wireless is within range. You will have to find channels that don’t clash.