You only put in the ones you need that unit to connect to. Not all 10. _________________ SIG:
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No it's not possible and it doesn't sound like a very good idea either. AP's should be spread out reasonably, don't carpet bomb an area with too many. _________________ Read the forum announcements thoroughly! Be cautious if you're inexperienced.
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If you need to setup a network with more than 10 WDS nodes then you'll need something better than a simple consumer grade router. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
If you need to setup a network with more than 10 WDS nodes then you'll need something better than a simple consumer grade router.
Actually a well designed 10 node WDS network is possible with his routers. Just not the way he wants it done, that's just a poor design. IMHO, of course. _________________ "You think you´re real smart. But you´re not smart; you´re dumb. Very dumb. But you´ve met your match in me. "
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So there's a central location where 2.4 Ghz is strong enough for one router to reach over 10 houses.
And then you want people inside those houses with laptops, smartphones/tablets, and other wifi devices to operate on the same channel as the central router providing the internet for all these houses, since you're using WDS.
That's going to be a serious amount of noise/congestion.
Unless your design goal is to provide a dial-up internet experience during busy hours, you need to re-think your deployment.
Depending on your budget and range covered, you could use dual-band routers where you provide internet access using the 5Ghz and have each home's router be their own AP on the 2.4Ghz.
~Edit: Oh and lets not forget that a microwave turned on will likely knock out internet for most of the block.
