Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deploy Small Office Wi-Fi SSIDs? 172
First time accepted submitter junkfish writes "I am not able to install a controller based Wi-Fi solution in my office due to cost, but I like presenting my users with a single SSID rather than an array of four or five differently named SSIDs from different access points. What is your experience deploying multiple wireless access points with the same SSID and password? I have been doing this with Cisco 1040 series Access Points this year, and have had good success. It seems like the client is able to determine which AP is best to connect to, and is able to roam around the office without too much of an interruption when it connects to a different AP. Is this sloppy practice? Or does the general state of the 802.11 provide for this sort of resiliency? I am really interested in your opinion because I have not seem too much documented on this subject."
Re:I thought it was standard (Score:5, Insightful)
Be aware of any areas where a "firewall" is installed (not an electronic firewall, but a wall with extra insulation that protects different areas from spreading fire) and plan APs accordingly.
You know a website (viz Slashdot) is geeky when quotation marks have to go around the original meaning of the word firewall.
Re:Ubiquiti Wireless (Score:2, Insightful)
well, I wouldnt hire anyone citing 'professionalism' as justification for anything. Fallacious ' reasoning' is the cornerstone of passive- aggressive office politics.