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- 2 wireless routers with the same SSID?
- Hi AllWell I have the following problem,We run a pretty big diesel shop and the floor space is huge, I have a wireless router that covers most of the building but it does not have enough range to cover part of the shop floor, the mecahnics use some diagnostic software...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, jmalan@..., router, same SSID, SSID, wireless, wireless router
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- Wireless - Same SSID from multiple WAP's?
- To provide better coverage in an area with structural interference, I plan to set up multiple Wireless Access Points (not routers, as I want everyone on the same subnet) in a pattern that will overlap coverages to assure that users have access no matter where they may be in the...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, EriccS, SSID, same SSID, WAP, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
Additional Resources
- 1811 AP doesn 't broadcast SSID??
- Hello, I configure an AP on a Cisco 1811W, but when I'm trying to connect from my laptop I must add/configure a network manually (¨setup a wireless network....). The laptop doesn't view automatically the SSID on ¨View Available Wireless Networks¨ I use windows as you see.And Once I disconnect...
- Tags: mparte76@..., SSID, software, wireless, hardware, networking, ap, Associated Press, network
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- Vista wireless problem using non-Broadcast SSID
- I'm unable to connect to the wireless network if I don't broadcast my SSID. It works fine under multiple XP laptops using Open WEP. Once I enable SSID broadcasting Vista connects fine and I can disable broadcasting again. The connection is maintained until I restart Vista. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Wi-Fi, xavier_fernandez@..., SSID, Microsoft Windows Vista, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-03-16
- Changing the SSID on my 871w Router
- Hi all, can someone tell me an easy way to change my SSID code on my 871w router. I would like to do it using the "old fashioned way", meaning to use CLI not SDM. Thanks in advance, John
- Tags: Routers & switches, Wi-Fi, john ebear, SSID, router
- Discussion threads 2007-05-23
- Securing Wireless
- hi,I'm setting up a wireless network for my customer by plugging in an access point to a switch in the office. The problem is that they want their network to be really secured from outsiders.I know that WEP key can't provide much security and is easily hacked. Any ideas on...
- Tags: A.P., DeN inc., networking, SSID, SSID broadcasting, wireless
- Discussion threads 2005-05-13
- WLAN Channel and SSID Best Practices
- Hello,Recently I ran into some interesting problems on a wireless network my company installed. The problems I encountered prompted me to do some research on WLAN best practices. However, there are several areas on which I am still unclear.SSID - If the WAPs all tie into the same...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, tfskelly@..., SSID, Associated Press, WLAN
- Discussion threads 2007-07-19
- ssid broadcast
- I paid a linksys person to help me set up my secure network. They set it up so that my ssid is not broadcast. I can't find the place to change this preference. I would like it to be broadcast so that I can locate it with another computer. I...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, sandi@..., SSID
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- Hidden Wireless Networks With Microsoft Windows
- Many wireless access points can be configured to not broadcast their Service Set IDentifier SSID or to broadcast a NULL SSID. Since such wireless networks, known as hidden networks, are not visible during an active scan, users need to know the SSID and manually configure a preferred wireless network before...
- Tags: Network, Window, Microsoft Corp., Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, Wireless, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2005-11-02
- Wrong Wireless Router
- I have a laptop on a wireless network that is grabbing the neighbors wireless network instead of the default selected. All others are fine. How do I force this laptop to see and grab the right network?Your wireless adapter should have a configuration utility that came with it. Using that...
- Tags: adapter, network, nickwojo@..., router, SSID, wireless, wireless router
- Q&A 2004-11-08
- How do I set up access to router with "Hidden SSID"?
- I walked around my yard checking my broadcast circle.....picking up only a couple of other WiFi broadcasts.I use all of the security my BEFW11S4 has to offer, but I'd like to NOT broadcast my SSID. I know how to do that....but I can not figure out how to get my...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, PRODUCTIVITY, oreanam@..., SSID, router
- Discussion threads 2007-06-18
- IP Address for Linksys Wireless Router
- I have been using a Linksys Wireless router connected to a Linksys phone adapter Vonage. I would like to use a D-Link wireless adapter to connect a PC to the wireless router. How do I set the SSID settings in the wireless router? Windows does not automatically detect the available...
- Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, Wi-Fi, Network technology, NETWORKING, rsundaresan@..., wireless router, router, SSID, Linksys Inc., wireless, IP, IP address
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- Wireless connection to router
- G'day all,i am trying to switch my pcmcia netcomm wireless card from one laptop to other. it works fine on the first laptop but not on the 2nd one. 2nd laptob does work hard wired to dlink dl 524. i did install drivers for the pcmcia card but it would...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Notebooks, amitjani@..., wireless, router
- Discussion threads 2007-04-15
- Multiple SSID/VLANs using template
- The introduction to this section says, ---In this tutorial, I will show you how to configure a Cisco Aironet IOS-based access point to setup the following things:• Multiple Wireless LANs• One VLAN Virtual LAN per virtual Wireless LAN• Secure internal Wireless LAN that ties in to RADIUS and Active Directory•...
- Tags: LANs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, robert.eickwort@..., VLAN, SSID, WLAN, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-03-28
- Six quick wireless security tips
- WEPWEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy.I used to think it was Wireless Encryption Protocol also.What other wireless security tips do you recommend?What do you think about the six tips from this article?Don't disable SSIDThis does almost nothing to enhance security and makes it more difficult for a roaming node to switch...
- Tags: access point, Hard_drive, MAC, SSID, WEP, WEP Encryption, wireless, wireless security
- Discussion threads 2004-10-20
- Connecting to a Hidden WLAN
- My WLAN, if i broadcast my SSID i connect just fine, but as soon as i hide it I can no longer connect. If i try to connect using XP's existing wnetwork settings the entire WEP key does not fit within the available password area, but either way my...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, csvegas, WLAN
- Discussion threads 2007-09-01
- Repairing Wireless Network
- I have a Netgear wireless router (802.11g) running off of my desktop that is wired and a laptop with a wireless card (802.11g). The network works but I have to keep repairing the network on both computers as the network just seems to quit. Both machines are XP machines with...
- Tags: arichart, IP, it management, network, software, SSID, wireless, wireless network
- Q&A 2004-10-08
- Automatic SSID & Password
- In our company we have more of 1,000 computers distributed in 5 different hotels, we have some WAPs along the network and I need to standardized the ssid’s and passwords for access these, how can I configure the workstation to automatically configure the SSID and passwords.Thanks in advance...
- Tags: Workstations, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, rmedina@..., SSID, AutoIt, workstation
- Discussion threads 2007-03-20
- Mac Addresses
- Does anyone know how I can trace a mac addresses or have any suggestion to the following?I have a copy of bridges that connect two of my buildings. They are set up so only the two talk to each other. On the inside of the remote building, I have a...
- Tags: it management, MAC, MAC address, raharr@..., SSID
- Q&A 2006-01-30
- How do you make multiple wireless routers look like one?
- I'm working as the network administrator for a high school and we have 9 wireless routers around the school for the staff laptops. I'd like to make them all one Wireless access point by somehow joining them all and making them the same SSID.At the moment, they all have...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, Wi-Fi, NETWORKING, link470, router, SSID, wireless, access point, wireless router
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
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