On 2019 Jul 09 16:47:36, you wrote to me:

 ml>> you can put them all on the same SSID/password and channel... then
 ml>> you can walk  about without your system having to jump around from
 ml>> one to the other... it  just keeps on keeping on and uses the new
 ml>> stronger frequency as it gets  closer...

 ml>> i'm aware of a church with 20something WAPs in just such a
 ml>> configuration... works beautifully...

 DH> Well, no, it isn't as simple as that.

it is/was as simple as that... no lie, no bullshit... in my 50+ years, i've
never made it a habit to tell lies or made up anecdotes... maybe they were wifi
extenders, though... i dunno... i just know what was working and how it was set
up by the tech that did it...

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 DH> There are complete wifi systems consisting of multiple APs with the
 DH> same SSID, but they communicate with each other so as to switch the
 DH> clients betwen the APs.  They cost much more than the simple APs.

AIR, these were OTS purchases from best buy or office max or some place like
that... maybe even newegg or amazon... each was purchased at different times as
the need to extend the range grew...

 DH> I would like to have a whole house system on one SSID, but BT want
 DH> more money than I'm prepared to pay, so I put up with two cheap APs on
 DH> different channels and different SSIDs.

we don't even use our ISP's crappy firewall box or any of its capabilities...
it is a simple media convertor feeding our own firewall ;)

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