I'm admittedly light on AP knowledge as I mainly do residential work and single routers typically get the job done. I'm doing a larger job for a business owner who already has a sonicwall router. He has a current Cisco AP setup that is 5 years old and is likely Wireless G rated and maybe even older. I imagine newer hardware would be in order. I have these questions.
1. Suggestions on hardware to use. I normally use Netgear stuff but in my reading even the N900 top of the line doesn't truly state it's AP ready. It just says it can be set as a repeater. I've looked on Amazon and the Cisco WAP4410 seems to get good reviews and has good features for a reasonable price.
2. What information should I know beforehand?
3. What to expect during setup. My general sense is that I'll have to find out the subnet the lan is using and assign static IPs to each AP. I plan on using 2 or 3.
4. Can I set each one up with the same network ID and password?
5. What do I have to do to allow machines to move between access points based on signal strength?
6. Anything else I should know?
1. Suggestions on hardware to use. I normally use Netgear stuff but in my reading even the N900 top of the line doesn't truly state it's AP ready. It just says it can be set as a repeater. I've looked on Amazon and the Cisco WAP4410 seems to get good reviews and has good features for a reasonable price.
2. What information should I know beforehand?
3. What to expect during setup. My general sense is that I'll have to find out the subnet the lan is using and assign static IPs to each AP. I plan on using 2 or 3.
4. Can I set each one up with the same network ID and password?
5. What do I have to do to allow machines to move between access points based on signal strength?
6. Anything else I should know?
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