two (or more) access points

[NYY DYNASTY]

I have two linksys WAP11's in my house. when I enter the setup pages for the two access points, I see a section for "AP MODE" which gives me options for:

1) access point (default)
2) access point client
3) Wireless Bridge
4) Wireless Bridge - Point to Multipoint
5) Repeater

My question is this: what should I set each of these access points, so I can get them to work together...to get the best range??

I know that if you only have one access point, you can leave it set to "access point" by default. But does this change as you add more access points??

 

[mikesgroovin]

Nope. Just leave them as access point default and give them the SAME ssid names. This will allow the NIC to access the closest WAP available.

-Mike

 

[NYY DYNASTY]

ok.cool. i thought that one will sorta "boost" the other...if I changed the settings...

what are the other settings for, then?

 

[mikesgroovin]

If you network is large then I would consider bridging two seperate network segments to coordinate traffic more efficiently. But if you are using these for just a couple PCs or laptops then the AP default should be fine.

ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/wap11ug.pdf

Pages 22-25

-Mike

 

[NYY DYNASTY]

cool..thanks for the info.