AP configuration help

[thedoc46]

Hi,

Because i was having a dead spot right in the other side of my home, and i have the luxury of having cat6 everywhere, i picked up a Ubiquity UniFi AP.

Thinking i could just configure it to have the same SSID, example HOME-WLAN

I setup a static IP address on the AP, and gave it the default gateway of 192.168.1.1 (which is my router) Gave my AP a static IP of 192.168.1.100 as that was out of the DHCP scope. I also gave it the same SSID and password as my regular existing wireless network, however, i noticed it was showing TWO SSID's of the same name.

in other words, wifi devices (laptops, iPads etc) see HOME-WLAN twice.. I basically renamed one to be HOME-WLAN-AP but i was under the impression, i could just keep it the same name, and my wireless devices would just automatically switch to whatever had the stronger signal.

I set my main wireless/router to channel 11, and the AP to channel 5.

What part of the configuration am i missing?

Thanks in advance.

 

[DIABLO]

Maybe it's the 2.4Ghz and the 5Ghz radios you are seeing? They should have different SSID's. And no WiFi adaptors try to cling on to the AP they are connected too until they have no signal, some AP have a feature where they forces the adaptor to disconnect when it gets to a certain signal strength.