Re: wl Questions

Thanks you're right I do have a WRT54G (which is great).  I got a
D-LINK piece of crap first.  I came across this: 
http://www.stevecrow.net/wrt54g.php which is working better for me
than the WDS stuff.  Is it true when using WDS you have to be
repeating a AP of the same company?  I am using the Sveasoft firmware.

I'll look at the links you sent.  Thanks!

Michael


On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:46:42 -0600, Haudy Kazemi <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 02:29 PM 1/28/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >Using the wl scanresults command... I have 2 questions....
> >
> >First, how can I tell which of the following 2 APs have a better
> >signal or is a better choice to connect to:
> >
> >SSID: "NETGEAR"
> >Mode: Managed   RSSI: -71 dBm   noise: -85 dBm  Channel: 11
> >BSSID: 00:09:5B:85:xx:6C        Capability: ESS ShortPre ShortSlot
> >Supported Rates: [ 1(b) 2(b) 5.5(b) 11(b) 6 12 24 36 9 18 48 54 ]
> >
> >
> >SSID: "NETGEAR"
> >Mode: Managed   RSSI: -77 dBm   noise: -85 dBm  Channel: 11
> >BSSID: 00:09:5B:85:xx:34        Capability: ESS ShortPre ShortSlot
> >Supported Rates: [ 1(b) 2(b) 5.5(b) 11(b) 6 12 24 36 9 18 48 54 ]
> >
> >Second, since these 2 SSIDs are the same, using the wl join command,
> >which AP gets connected to?  Is there any way to specify which AP to
> >join by MAC?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Michael
> 
> It looks like you have a WRT54G (or similar device)...anyway...
> 
> The better signal is the stronger one...it has a higher dBm value.  As
> these values are negative, the -71 dBm is better than the -77 dBm figure.
> I'm not sure how to use the join command as you request (assuming client
> mode), however I do know that if you were using WDS mode that you specify
> the other AP using the wireless MAC address and the SSID is ignored.  (WDS
> can connect to APs on the same wireless channel that have different SSIDs).
> 
> These links have some info on the wl command itself (although I didn't find
> an answer to the 2nd question):
> http://www.ecsl.cs.sunysb.edu/~jchen/wrt54gs/wrt54gs.htm
> http://www.ecsl.cs.sunysb.edu/~jchen/wrt54gs/wloutput.txt
> http://docs.sveasoft.com/SV-Administration-Management-WL.html
> 
> -Haudy Kazemi
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