Roaming Client Devices; Network Configuration Examples; Root Unit On A Wired Lan - Cisco AIR-LAP1252AG-A-K9 - Aironet 1252AG - Wireless Access Point Software Configuration Manual
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Chapter 1
Overview
Roaming Client Devices
Network Configuration Examples
Root Unit on a Wired LAN
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If you have more than one access point in your wireless LAN, wireless client
devices can roam seamlessly from one access point to another. The roaming
functionality is based on signal quality, not proximity. When a client's signal
quality drops, it roams to another access point.
Wireless LAN users are sometimes concerned when a client device stays
associated to a distant access point instead of roaming to a closer access point.
However, if a client's signal to a distant access point remains strong, the client will
not roam to a closer access point. If client devices checked constantly for closer
access points, the extra radio traffic would slow throughput on the wireless LAN.
This section describes the access point's role in three common wireless network
configurations. The access point's default configuration is as a root unit connected
to a wired LAN or as the central unit in an all-wireless network. The repeater role
requires a specific configuration.
An access point connected directly to a wired LAN provides a connection point
for wireless users. If more than one access point is connected to the LAN, users
can roam from one area of a facility to another without losing their connection to
the network. As users move out of range of one access point, they automatically
connect to the network (associate) through another access point. The roaming
process is seamless and transparent to the user.
acting as root units on a wired LAN.
Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide
Roaming Client Devices
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