On 29 Dec 2006 10:36:49 -0800, in alt.internet.wireless , "Karlos"
<buonacorsi@gmail.com> wrote:

>Surely they wouldn't connect if they didn't have the same SSID... they
>wouldn't be able to find each other.

If the two routers are connected via RJ45, they're not connecting via
wireless.
In this scenario, you would need different SSIDs, to avoid your client
getting confused when you roamed from one router to the other.

> As long as they are on a
>different channel, they should not conflict, just happily overlap.

Yes, you need that too - but read up on how channels overlap, to pick
an optimal pair.

>The school I work in is set out in the same way with the Access Points,
>three of which have the same SSID so that laptops can connect to the
>same SSID without reconfiguration whereever they are in the school... I
>can't see why a home network should be any different.

This /can/ work but my experience (admittedly limited) is that
sometimes it confuses the client. WZC will autoconnect to the nearest
router anyway so there's no reconfig to perform if you configure each
AP up on each client (they ought to have different WPA/WEP keys
too...)

>The question would be can I route from one router to the other through
>IP addresses alone in the same SSID or not...

Are you trying to connect the two routers together wirelessly? This is
called bridging as far as I remember, and requires specific hardware.
--
Mark McIntyre