Re: Two ISPs - Which one is used

["Shannon ODonnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting.

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Behalf Of Dan Hogan
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 3:30 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Two ISPs - Which one is used

Typically, the radio will use the access point with the strongest
signal/quality.  However, in the case of a tie or the signal
strength/quality changes the radio may switch AP's often.  This can
cause performance degradation.  Depending on the radio, settings can be
made to minimize the behavior.

Dan...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Gibbs
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 12:48 PM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Two ISPs - Which one is used
>
>
> Shannon ODonnell wrote:
> > If I type in www.gotothiswebpage.com in my browser...I'm 
> wondering how 
> > Windows/networking knows which, or how it chooses which, connection 
> > (and therefore which ISP) it will use since both are active 
> on my PC 
> > and both are pointing to 2 different ISPs and 2 different wireless 
> > routers.
>
> Generally speaking, you can only be connected to one wireless 
> router at a time (wirelessly, that is).
>
> Or do both wireless routers have the same SSID & password?
>
> david