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roaming using two Cisco Aironet 1100

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I work for a small company and we reason want to go wireless. My boss wanted me to set up two access points and placed in different areas around the company to increase the range. Any ideas of how I would do this?
 
Same SSID, WEP key or other authentication protocol, but different channels; i.e. put on on channel 1, and one on channel 6.
 
The access points would have different IP addresses. You either assign them static IPs in your LAN network segment; or let them pull DHCP addresses through the switch (or existing router) from whatever DHCP server you are currently using.
 
we are placing the wireless outside of the LAN nework segment. Thank you for the valuable tips!
 
Still, they would need different IP addresses, just like any other Host on your LAN.
 
My boss was saying to me this morning that we could use the same IP address as well. Is that possible?
 
Ask your boss what happens if two workstations had the same IP address.

If what he means is that they could be devices (hosts) on the same network segment, the answer is yes, and they should be. This allows the clients to 'roam' and use the identical Gateway address.


 
you said "we are placing the wireless outside of the LAN nework segment"

What is it that you are trying to connect to? If you are not connected to the same segment as the rest of your network you'll need a router to connect the 2 segments won't you?
Also access points are bridges and don't need an IP address at all unless you need to configure them through their web interface. I'd recommend assigning a distinct static address to each of them. When there is a problem, trying to figure out what DHCP address they picked up can be a pain.
 
"we are placing the wireless outside of the LAN nework segment" they are outside our firewall. User using the wireless will have to go through the VPN to get access into our network
 
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