On 13 September 2011 08:18, Tony Whitmore <tony@???> wrote:
> On 13.09.2011 07:36, Keith Edmunds wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:20:39 +0100, james.dutton@??? said:
>>
>>> Also, it leaves the client to decide which AP to use.
>>
>> Which piece of equipment do you believe is best placed to decide upon the
>> quality of the signal the client is receiving?
>>
>>> It is much better for the central device to decide when to switch from
>>> one AP to another.
>>
>> Oh, sorry, you've already answered that. I find the above assertion odd at
>> first reading: could you explain why you believe that to be true?
>
> Because the behaviour of wireless clients is usually to maintain the
> connection to the existing AP, even if the signal strength drops (i.e. you
> move away from it) and there are stronger APs with the same SSID closer or
> with a stronger signal. The controller is clever enough to work that out and
> disconnect the client from the first AP causing the client to look for a
> stronger signal.
>
> The central controllers also manage channel allocation, can compensate for
> failed APs by altering power of the remaining ones and even counteract rogue
> APs. Pretty clever stuff.
>
Can I conclude from this thread that there is currently no open source
equivalent?
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