Re: wireless lans with multiple accesspoints

The access points will negotiate with eachother and choose the one with
the strongest signal.

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:19:53 +0200, Christoph Kukulies <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Sorry, if this is not directly FreeBSD related but I hope to
> find some expertise here in this list:
> 
> Assume you have a LAN with several access-points attached. 
> The reachability areas of these access-points are overlapping.
> 
> There is a DHCP server in the network that supplies IP adresses for the
> access-points and the clients, e.g. notebooks with wireless pc cards.
> 
> What happens when you are in the area that is covered by two access-points?
> 
> I mean, which access-point takes over the 'routing'?
> 
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> Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [email protected]
> 
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