Con Foley
10-06-2002, 12:42 AM
Hi,
I have a SMC7004WBR wireless router and a couple of SMC2632W pc cards. These work okay, but my apartment is two story rebar concrete, so the coverage isn't complete. Recently I added a Linksys BEFW11S4 v2 wireless router to my network hoping to improve the coverage by putting the routers on different floors.
I set the SMC on channel 1, and have tried the Linksys on channels 6 and 11, same SSID. Both wireless routers work fine individually. But, I have a problem with roaming. With the wireless client near the SMC router, the client scans and finds channel 1 okay. However, if I bring the client near the Linksys router it scans and finds the Linksys channel okay, but after a couple of seconds, drops that channel and scans for channel 1, the SMC channel. The signal on the SMC channel is very weak due to being far away, so it won't lock onto the SMC channel. The client then repeats the scanning process, never locking on to any channel. If however, I shut off the SMC router, the client will then lock onto the Linksys channel.
Disappointed that I can't get roaming to work, any thoughts?
I have a SMC7004WBR wireless router and a couple of SMC2632W pc cards. These work okay, but my apartment is two story rebar concrete, so the coverage isn't complete. Recently I added a Linksys BEFW11S4 v2 wireless router to my network hoping to improve the coverage by putting the routers on different floors.
I set the SMC on channel 1, and have tried the Linksys on channels 6 and 11, same SSID. Both wireless routers work fine individually. But, I have a problem with roaming. With the wireless client near the SMC router, the client scans and finds channel 1 okay. However, if I bring the client near the Linksys router it scans and finds the Linksys channel okay, but after a couple of seconds, drops that channel and scans for channel 1, the SMC channel. The signal on the SMC channel is very weak due to being far away, so it won't lock onto the SMC channel. The client then repeats the scanning process, never locking on to any channel. If however, I shut off the SMC router, the client will then lock onto the Linksys channel.
Disappointed that I can't get roaming to work, any thoughts?