Roaming between E3000 wireless router and WAP300N

Question

Hi all
The Linksys router I’ve got in my office room at home is providing poor coverage in my living room. Thus I’ve purchased a WAP300N and connected it by wire to the build-in 4 port switch of my Router (E3000). The set-up is providing a significant improvement in the living room, but… it seems as if the two wireless access points are “competing” over the “clients”.
When I move from the office room into the living room, my wireless equipment seems to be stuck on the connection to the wireless router in the office room – even though the signal from the WAP300N in the living room is much stronger.
The situation is exactly the same, when I move from the living room to the office room – the wireless equipment is stock on the weak signal from the living room.
I have to turn off and on the radio on my wireless equipment to get them to connect to the strongest signal. 
Is there a way to make the “roaming” between wireless access points more smooth?
Kind regards
vonRasmussen

Answer 1

vonRasmussen :
Change the channel on the WAP or your router are on.
Not the 802.11?, but the transmission channels, which are probably transmitting on the same channel. I find the best results are at lease 2 numbers apart. if on is transmitting on channel 1 the next closest will be on 3. With multiple WAPs in a large area you would have to play Sudoko to make sure every one is 2 channels apart.
to quote Lisa Phifer:
Multiple access point configuration: Distinguish transmission signals;
Why should you access points use different channels? In a typical micro-cell Wlan, adjacent APs should always use non-overlapping channels, ( e.g., 1 ,6 ,11), to avoid co-channel interference.
Good Luck.
Dave