Planning an Infrastructure Network
This section explains some of the factors you need to consider when planning an
infrastructure network. Setting up is a two-step process:
1. Install and configure the wireless products.
2. Decide the best physical location of the wireless products so as to optimize
performance.
The following section gives quick guidelines for these two steps. First, decide
whether to have a single AP wireless network or a multiple AP network.
Single AP Installation
If you are setting up a simple network with only one AP and a few stations (a Type 1
or Type 2 network configuration as described in “Infrastructure Network Types,”
page 8), all you need to do is make sure the AP and all the wireless stations hold the
same domain name (SSID) and security (WEP) settings in their configuration.
Adding a new station to an existing infrastructure network is easy. Again, all you
need to do is to set the newly added station’s domain name (SSID) and security
(WEP) settings to be the same as those of the AP.
Multiple AP Installation
Installing multiple APs on the same network (or domain) with overlapping signals
(Figure 3
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Use the same domain name (SSID) and security (WEP) settings.
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Enable the Roaming function on stations that require it.
Note: A station will automatically connect to whichever AP in the same domain is
currently offering the best signal.
Roaming
Wireless products allow wireless stations to roam freely within an infrastructure
domain composed of multiple APs with overlapping signal coverage (as in the Type
3 network configuration described in the previous section). For example, roaming
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Outdoor Access Point
