User's Manual

Planning and Installing Wireless LANs
BreezeNET PRO.11 Series 4-7 User’s Guide
4.1.2. Overlapping Cell Configuration
When two adjacent Access Points are positioned close enough to each other,
a part of the coverage area of Access Point #1 overlaps that of Access Point
#2. This overlapping area has two very important attributes:
• Any workstation situated in the overlapping area can associate and
communicate with either Access Point #1 or Access Point #2.
• Any workstation can move seamlessly through the overlapping coverage
areas without losing its network connection. This attribute is called,
Seamless Roaming.
Figure 5.4: Three Overlapping Cells
⇒⇒ To set up overlapping BreezeNET cells:
1. Install an Access Point (refer to section 2, Basic Installation). Be
sure to position the Access Point as high as possible.
2. Install the second Access Point so that the two are positioned closer
together than the prescribed distance (refer to section Error!
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3. To allow roaming, configure all Access Points and stations adapters
to the same ESSID.
4. To improve collocation and performance, configure all Access
Points to different hopping sequences of the same hopping set.