[MLB-WIRELESS] roaming between 2 AP's?

[Paul van den Bergen]

mobile IPv6 would do it no problems....

(actually so does mobile IPv4 - but I like to mention IPv6's
superiority any chance I get...)

so if you can get a unix stack to install on the routers...

(and I've never done this - so I'm probably just stirring the pot a
bit too much... maybe I'm grumpy my horse didn't win and I missed out
on the grand prize - nice block of chocolate!!!)

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Mike Everest <mw at freenet.net.au> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> That's the WiFi 'Holy Grail' - unfortunately there is no seamless method to
> do it that is any current industry standard (that I *know* of ;-)
>
> Most techniques to create a setup like that will usually cause a brief
> interruption (maybe 10 or 20 seconds) to the wireless connection as the
> client switches between the access points, yet some proprietry systems
> implement it quite well.
>
> So if your APs do not support any proprietary mesh then your best bet would
> be to connect the two devices by WDS (i.e. the 'repeater' is NOT connected
> to the lan by Ethernet port)
>
> Alternatively, you can set them both in bridge mode (or at least bridged to
> the LAN) and make them the same SSID, but unless the APs have some
> additional smarts, you will probably want to run each one on a different
> channel to avoid interference.
>
> If you really want to go the whole hog, there are a few proprietary mesh
> solutions - and some open source ones - around these days.  There are even a
> few that are converging on something like a standard approach - but I'm not
> fully up on where those are at these days ;-)
>
> Personally, my favorite is developed by Mikrotik <disclosure>I like Mikrotik
> so much that I import them and sell them in AU</disclosure> which is
> technically "... based on Hybrid Wireless Mesh Protocol (HWMP) from IEEE
> 802.11s draft standard" for those who might have a technical interest in
> this.
>
> I've been experimenting with it just this week actually, with a gateway and
> two mesh/repeaters.  If I can get it working, I may even bring them along to
> the next meeting for a show-and-tell perhaps.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mike.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au [mailto:melbwireless-
>> bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Mark Aitken
>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 November 2008 11:35 AM
>> To: Melb Wireless
>> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] roaming between 2 AP's?
>>
>> Gday,
>>
>> I have 2 AP's within my house,  one upstairs for my kids and one
>> downstairs for me.
>>
>> I would like to be able to have any wireless device connect to the best
>> suited AP at the time,
>> ie, roaming.
>>
>> Is it just a matter of having the same SSID and Security Key and just
>> let the laptop/pda just
>> do it's thing or is there more to it?
>>
>> Thanks for your time
>>
>> Mark
>>
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Dr Paul van den Bergen