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    Any benefit using two mini-pci wireless card on different channels?

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      bbzidane last edited by

      i recently upgraded my wireless mini-pci card
      since my alix board supports two mini-pci card, it got me thinking
      should i attempt installing both wireless card, using the same ssid, but set it to different channels
      so even if one isnt doing so good, the other one should still be able to work
      one concern is that the antenna will be relatively close to each other, will that cause issues?

      does this make sense
      i know how to setup wireless network, but am pretty clueless in how to optimize it

      any advice?

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      • dotdash
        dotdash last edited by

        IMO, that would be a bad idea. Even on different channels, the radios will interfere with each other. If they support it, you can set one for b/g and the other for a.

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          XIII last edited by

          does pf support wds? if it does bbzidane's idea should work

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          • jimp
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate last edited by

            @XIII:

            does pf support wds? if it does bbzidane's idea should work

            Not yet. Someone was working on patches for that for 2.0 but it will probably have to wait for 2.1 or whatever is next.

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              XIII last edited by

              well, bbzidane, your only other option with the 2 pci cards is to have them on operate channels and desperate ssids (home1 and home2 for example, thats what hotels do)

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              • dotdash
                dotdash last edited by

                Yeah, but most hotels run commercial APs. Show me a commonly deployed AP that runs two g radios…
                I would encourage the OP to do some real world testing of his Alix with a single radio vs two radios running g on different channels.

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                  XIII last edited by

                  most of the hotels have one radio per ap, and name it ap 1, ap 2, etc
                  What commercial aps are available?

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                  • dotdash
                    dotdash last edited by

                    My point is that if you could just drop two b/g radios next to each other and easily boost performance, it would be common in commercial access points.

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                      bbzidane last edited by

                      thanks for the replies
                      i think for the simplicity sake, im going to leave it as is
                      still having some minor issues with wireless (mac wont connect when ssid is hidden, connects fine when not hidden)
                      but other than that, im quite happy with how it works right now
                      was just pondering if anyone uses two mini-pci wireless cards to improve signal strength

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