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Securifi Products => Almond+ => Topic started by: Bell96 on January 20, 2015, 04:30:57 pm

Title: SSID question
Post by: Bell96 on January 20, 2015, 04:30:57 pm

Just set up my new Almond Plus as a range extender. Why is it recommended to use a different SSID? I have a lot of devices at home and thought if I kept it the same it would just roll over if there was a problem.

Thanks.

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Title: Re: SSID question
Post by: j8048188 on January 20, 2015, 10:35:26 pm

I haven't tried to use the range extender mode, so I'm not sure if there's a specific reason why. Here's my experience with wired AP's on the same SSID:
I've set up multiple (WIRED) AP's before on the same name. Make sure you broadcast the secondary network on a different channel than the other network. (Use 1,6,or11 only as a best practice, as they're the only channels that don't overlap.)

Title: Re: SSID question
Post by: LGNilsson on January 21, 2015, 12:30:37 am

It's recommended simply because not all routers play nice with each other. You can of course use it on the same SSID, but Wi-Fi doesn't have the best handover handling either when it comes to roaming between access points. There's nothing technically wrong with using the same SSID, I do at home, but I don't have a mixed router environment any more so...