Re: Two ISPs - Which one is used

["Dan Hogan" <Dan.Hogan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep.  I've seen a situation where a customer had put in 500 AP's in a 1M
sq/ft warehouse.  The RF units were not staying associated with the AP
for any length of time.  It was driving them nuts.  It was resolved by
updating the radio driver and tweaking the AP's and network settings.

Dan...

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shannon ODonnell
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 2:00 PM
> To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Two ISPs - Which one is used
>
>
> Interesting.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On 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