On 30 Dec 2006 14:09:54 -0800, in alt.internet.wireless , "Karlos"
<buonacorsi@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>>
>> 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.

I assumed you meant reconfiguring each time you walked round the
house. No, you don't need to do this. Windows will silently swap
between APs, even if they hve different SSIDs, WPA keys and channels.
All you hve to do is configure everything once.

>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...

Que?

>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.

See elsethread for answer: brief version - no. Longer version - yes,
but only with kit you don't have and loss of performance.
--
Mark McIntyre