[Cialug] Wireless APs supporting roaming?

[Tom Pohl]

Generally, as long as you get the same IP you should be fine.  On my mac, I've been able to put my mac to sleep and several hours later have it wake up and maintain an ssh connection, but I think that is more of an os dependent  feature :)

-Tom


On Apr 15, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Tom Pohl <tom at tcpconsulting.com> wrote:
>> The other portion of wireless roaming is that the client card really needs to support it too (unless things have changed over the years).
>> 
>> Back in the day, proxim access points with proxim client cards would do a little dance and hand off between each other nicely.
>> 
>> Realistically, computers naturally disconnect and reconnect to access points with the strongest signal and I don't find huge value in that feature unless you're trying to do client load balancing or real-time audio/video streaming while moving around between access points.
>> 
>> I've been buying Engenius ECB9500 and they have been working great (POE capable for under $90)
>> 
> 
> Tom, I've been thinking about the same task as Paul. By "reconnecting"
> does that mean if I have an SSH connection open and during moving
> across the building disconnect from one AP and connect to another that
> my ssh connection will drop? (or bittorrent or http download for that
> matter)
> 
> 
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