several wifi points - power option

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I have had to setup several wifi points around the house.

I have the access points set to the same ssid and password.

My question is, in the power options I have a choice of low/med/high

So what is the best choice for the power so hopefully they won't interfere with each other?

Many thanks.
 
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I have another Access Point to cover the dark recesses of the house and I just give it a separate SSID and ensure it's on a different Channel to the main Router.

No Interference.
 
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If they are all on the same channel then yes you may have interference problems.

Your device that is using that particular WIFI accesses point (computer , laptop or other) should select the proper channel for that SSID automatically, so what I do is assign a different channels for each access point, this cuts down on any possible interference problem with the same channel on all.

Somewhere there is a list of channel frequency's for WIFI, selecting two different channels spaced far enough apart for close by access points helps cut down on the co-channel interference.

I have 5 access points and a main router around the ranch, all on different channels but with the same SSID and access code, my laptop works fine at one spot or the other.
 
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I have 3 points and the router.

All are using the same ssid and password.

I will have to check what channels they are all on, as I left them on auto.

I was just really wondering if should set them all to medium power, if I can leave them on high power then that's even better.
 
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After a few days of tweeking I have found my perfect settings :D

I have the 2.4ghz set to medium power, I now have total coverage around my house.

The 5ghz is set to high power, only 2 of the access points have 5ghz, so hopefully the wifi devices should pick the 5 ghz band over the 2.4 ghz.

While I was googling I found some security advice regarding the wifi encryption.

The security setting controls the type of authentication and encryption used by your Wi-Fi router, which allows you to control access to the network and specify the level of privacy for data you send over the air.

Set to: WPA2 Personal (AES)

WPA2 Personal (AES) is currently the strongest form of security offered by Wi-Fi products, and is recommended for all uses. When enabling WPA2, be sure to select a strong password that can't be guessed by third parties.

If you have older Wi-Fi devices that don't support WPA2 Personal (AES), a good second choice is WPA/WPA2 Mode, also known as WPA Mixed Mode. This mode allows newer devices to use the stronger WPA2 AES encryption, while still allowing older devices to connect with older WPA TKIP-level encryption. If your Wi-Fi router doesn't support WPA/WPA2 Mode, WPA Personal (TKIP) mode is the next best choice.

For compatibility, reliability, performance, and security reasons, WEP is not recommended. WEP is insecure and functionally obsolete. If you must choose between WEP and TKIP, choose TKIP.

Due to serious security weaknesses, the WEP and WPA TKIP encryption methods are deprecated and strongly discouraged. Use these modes only if necessary to support legacy Wi-Fi devices that don't support WPA2 AES and can't be upgraded to support WPA2 AES. Devices using these deprecated encryption methods can't take full advantage of 802.11n performance and other features. As a result, the Wi-Fi Alliance has directed the Wi-Fi industry to phase out WEP and WPA TKIP.

If your security is set to None or unsecured mode, you're using no authentication or encryption. Anyone can join your Wi-Fi network, use your Internet connection, access any shared resource on your network, and read any traffic you send over the network. Using an unsecured network is not recommended.

Changed all mine to WPA2 aes.
 
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I have also split the 2.4ghz and 5ghz giving them both different ssid's

After changing the security settings in the access points I had an error message in my wifi connection on my iPhone/iPad, all I had to do was "forget" the network and rejoin.

All seems to be working fine at the moment, fingers crossed.
 
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