Can I and why would I have a DIFFERENT SSID for my 2nd WAP

[trippknightly@hotmail.com]

Hi-

Have a simple netgear wgr614 v5 wireless router as well as a Motorola
WA840G WAP. Since the netgear can't do WDS, I'm running a wireline
extension out to the Moto.

Could somebody please confirm that I don't necessarily have to have
the same name the SSID on the moto the same as that on the Netgear
(though use a different channel).

The downside is roaming is not possible. The upside is it gives me
more direct control over which station I connect via.

Possible? (I ask whether possible because so far not getting that to
work and that will confirm for me it's probably just a config issue if
it is possible.)

Also, any pros / cons I'm ignoring in choosing a separate SSID?

Thanks!

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:16:11 -0700 (PDT), trippknightly@hotmail.com
wrote:

>Have a simple netgear wgr614 v5 wireless router as well as a Motorola
>WA840G WAP. Since the netgear can't do WDS, I'm running a wireline
>extension out to the Moto.

Running CAT5 is always better than trying to do this via wireless.

>Could somebody please confirm that I don't necessarily have to have
>the same name the SSID on the moto the same as that on the Netgear
>(though use a different channel).

Confirmed. You can pick different SSID's for each radio. That give
you the ability to select to which one you want to connect.

>The downside is roaming is not possible. The upside is it gives me
>more direct control over which station I connect via.

Yep.

>Possible? (I ask whether possible because so far not getting that to
>work and that will confirm for me it's probably just a config issue if
>it is possible.)

No complications that I can think of. It should work just fine with
different SSID's.

>Also, any pros / cons I'm ignoring in choosing a separate SSID?

You already listed them. The pro is that you can chose your
connection point. The con is that you can't do seamless roaming with
different SSID's.

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