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How Do Set A Router and Access Point For Best Performance?
I am using an AT&T U-Verse Residential Gateway (RG) 2WIRE wireless router as the main router the basement of my house. I have a Dlink DAP-1555 wireless access point on the second floor of my house in the opposite corner of the house relative to the AT&T router in the basement to give me a stronger wireless signal on the second floor of the house.
The AT&T router and the Dlink access point currently have separate different SSID's and use different wireless channels.
I have two iPhone 5's, an iPad and a Macbook Pro in my household all using the wireless signal from the AT&T router and the Dlink wireless access point. When I am on the first floor of the house the iPad and iPhones are set for the AT&T 2WIRE router. When I move to the corner of the house on the second floor where the AT&T 2WIRE router is weak I have to change the wireless connection on the iPad and iPhones to the Dlink wireless access point which is a pain. When I move back to the first floor or the basement I change the connections back to the AT&T 2WIRE router.
Apple support tells me that the Apple devices do not recognize which wireless signal is strongest and automatically switch to the stronger signal. From my observations I think they are correct.
To get "seamless roaming" connectivity as I move my wireless devices around the house so I don't have to change back and forth from the 2WIRE and the Dlink access point, would it work for me to make the SSID's of both the AT&T 2WIRE router and the Dlink access point the same SSID? If yes should I have the wireless channel for the router and access point the same? Currently the router and access point are using "auto" channel selection.
Thanks! Bill