Wireless Setup

[Chos3n]

Ok, I need to setup a wireless network at someone's home. Here what I have for the setup.

Main Router
D-Link DIR-825 Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router

Access Point
D-Link DAP-1522 Xtreme N Duo Wireless Bridge/Access Point

So, I plugged in the router in the basement (unfortunately those who did the wiring brought it there). I can get the wireless, in pretty much the whole house (weak on the 2nd floor though). I bought the second box because it said it could "extent" a wifi network extender to reach the office

The only problem now, is I want to have only 1 SSID in the house... how would I set this up? The AP would be connected (with an Ethernet cable) in port 1 of the router.

To be honest, I never worked with those Access Point device.

So once again, your help is welcome

[cadaveca]

how many devices?


you don't need the 825 if you have 4 wired devices or less. Modem plugs into wan port; you're good to go.

Do them a favor and turn off SSID broadcast when you're done.

[Chos3n]

Originally Posted by cadaveca

how many devices?


you don't need the 825 if you have 4 wired devices or less. Modem plugs into wan port; you're good to go.

Do them a favor and turn off SSID broadcast when you're done.

They have a 10KM square property... closest neighbor is at 5 km.

They will have 2 Mac Book Pro and 1 Mac Book Air. My goal is to have a "unified wireless network" so that they don't need to switch SSID when they leave one room.

Hence, the goal of having the AP.

By the way, all items were already bought.

[cadaveca]

So jsut set them to have th same SSID, no broadcast. See what happens...devices should automatically choose the one with the strongest signal, or is the dlink firmware connecting with SSID?

Anyway, Macbooks shouldn't care......I can get from home, to downtown(abt 3km), no drop-out, using about 10 different wwireless points on the trip, seems to remember them all without issue, and I haven't had to "login" in a long time.

[grinder]

cadaveca is right

i've setup big Cisco wifi networks and you basically setup the identical SSID name for all the units. The client (the pc, laptop, whatever) will hop to whichever base station has the best signal automaticaly. brodcast can be on or off.

[Chos3n]

So basicly, only putting the same SSID will do the thing? Do I need to change the channel on the AP?

[grinder]

yes i would totaly change the channel's on the AP's. Use a combination of either

1 - 6
6 - 11
1 - 11

.. between the two access points and you should be gold.

[Chos3n]

Originally Posted by grinder

yes i would totaly change the channel's on the AP's. Use a combination of either

1 - 6
6 - 11
1 - 11

.. between the two access points and you should be gold.

Ok so the main router I put channel 1 and my AP (DAP 1522) I put 6 ?

thanks for your help btw

[grinder]

you bet, or whatever combination of channels you want using chan 1 or 6 or 11.

[Chos3n]

Also, do I need to turn off DHCP ?