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> 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...)

If you have to configure every client with every possible wireless
connection... that is reconfiguring. If you only have one... no
reconfiguring. You have just basically told me, for example only, that
I would never have to replace any lightbulbs in my house if all of them
were brand new and working all the time...

Of course I wouldnt need to reconfigure anything if everything was
already configured for everything...

Damn.. but no ,the WEP/WPA is a matter of personal security. They can
be different, they can be the same. They do not conflict. Windows Zero
Configuration only connects to the nearest AP if the nearest one
happens to be configured to connect. Thing is they would both be near,
so one SSID makes more sense anyway..... otherwise my laptop would try
to connect to two SSID's at once, if I were to go by what you just
said... they are both near, and if I configured everything possible
onto my laptop, which would be those two SSID's then it would try to
connect to both of them!

But my original query still remains. Would my idea work wirelessly, or
would it have to be cabled. It has been suggested it needs a backbone
connection. Any one differ from that? See other posts for more
information.