RV180W add access point with roaming support

I have a customer with a RV180w running the latest firmware. We are currently using the router as a router and to provide wireless access. We want to add wireless coverage and I am interested in our options. We have a ethernet backbone which we could use to give the new AP LAN connectivity. Can we buy another RV180W and use it in AP mode and provide roaming wireless connectivty. The client wants a guest and business WLAN so we will use the VLAN feature of the router. How do we configure the new AP? Do we need to use WDS? If we use WDS, can we still use WPA2? Thank you for your assistance.

Hello Mr. Carl,
Yes is possible to use WDS and WPA2 at the same time.
The master AP will be setup as a RADIUS server to authenticate the other APs while the clients use WPA2-PSK which is set the same on each AP.
Let me share with you the information found about WDS and basic configuration, found on the guide me section.
WDS configuration:
http://sbkb.cisco.com/CiscoSB/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=ea8660ccb0cf4ae99cebfafd4303cdc1_WDS_Configuration_on_RV180W.xml&pid=4&fcid=&fpid=&slnid=13
RV180W configuration:
http://sbkb.cisco.com/CiscoSB/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=dd5990ef4ad947ae89da5c3e0b8bd985_Wireless_Configuration_on_RV180W.xml&pid=4&fcid=&fpid=&slnid=4
If this answer was satisfactory for you, please mark the question as Answered.
Diego Rodriguez
Cisco network engineer
Thank you

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I'm working from a boat in a harbor in which the ISP has deployed numerous access points around the periphery. All the access points share the same SSID and each is configured to use either channel 1, 6 or 11. From my location, there are over a dozen of these access points "visible" (based on the the output of WiFi Scanner) with a range of RSSI and S/N values that vary over time.
The ISP has told me that the quality of my connection should be "perfectly fine" for any access point with an RSSI value better than -75, but I know from experience that my connection quality is miserable (i.e. < 50Kbps download) for almost all of these, including those with RSSI values better than -75. There is at least one exception, however, which gives me on the order of 2Mbps download, which is "great" in this context.
I've tried using a more powerful USB antenna plugged into my MacBook Air (mid 2011), but as far as I can tell, it really doesn't make much difference. Neither does my location within the boat. The overriding factor seems to be which access point I happen to connect up to.
I should point out that the closest access points are about 75 yards away, with many of them being several hundred yards away or more. I'm guessing that even though the signal strength of some of the distant access points is causing them to get "chosen" some times, the results are unacceptable due to the distance.
I'm hoping that I can determine, through experimentation, which access point(s) provide(s) acceptable performance and then configure my Mac to limit my connection to those points through whatever mechanism I need to use (e.g. channel, MAC id, etc.).

Establishing a wireless connection with a client computer is left to the access point for various reasons. One reason that your Mac may not connect to the strongest access point is that it may have reached a limit of the number of clients it can serve, leaving it unable to accept a connection with another. The limit may not be very large.
Suppose that happens, and your Mac establishes a connection with a more distant access point having a weaker signal. Then, suppose a client drops off the network. Doesn't this mean your Mac will switch to the stronger access point? Not necessarily. The throughput delivered to and from your Mac would have to drop below a threshold specified in the AP for it to drop the client, leaving your Mac free to connect with another one. The reason for this is to prevent rapid switching from one AP to another in an area in which two signals are of approximately equal quality. If that were to occur the frequent and repetitive handshaking between the two devices would slow throughput to zero.
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Now, what would solve your dilemma would be to determine a way to control the access point with which your Mac connects, by specifying the access point's unique MAC address for example. In this happy circumstance, you could maintain an editable "whitelist" or "blacklist" of the harbor's access points and be able to choose which among them you prefer.
I do not believe OS X maintains such a record of MAC addresses though, only those of the routers it uses. If I am correct about that, such a solution is unlikely to exist. Don't let that discourage you from searching for one though... I would concentrate on something like "selecting access point by specific MAC address".
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Roaming Network Stations Using A Mac Address Identifier To Select New Access Point
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Wi-Fi Access Point with B Channel or Wi-Fi with B Channel

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I don't know what your asking. if your talking about 802.11b, that is a standard and you can compare the difference of 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n and or 802.11ac. Wireless devices, that means client devices have to be able to support the standard that the access point is using. So if an access point is 802.11b only, the wireless client device has to be able to support 802.11b. If for example, the access point is 802.11b/g/a/n/ac, that means the client has to be able to support at least one of those standards to be able to connect.
Just take a look at the standards, here is a link to a quick comparison.
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Yes you need to use WPA-AES or WPA2-AES, or no encryption, to go faster than 54Mbps. This is part of the 802.11n spec.
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Canon 70D, Wifi access point with Android

I bought a Canon 70D this week and I cannot get the Wifi access point option to work with my Nexus 7 2013 or my Samsung Galaxy S3. I was able to connect my 70D to my Wifi network and see the device that way. But when on the road you won't always have access to a local LAN. When I try the access point mode both devices never see the 70D.
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Hi gquiring!
Thanks for posting.
When you go through the setup process on the camera, are you selecting [Easy Connection] ot [Manual Connection]? If using [Manual Connection], try using the [Easy Connection] instead.
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WAP54G as Access Point with another WAP54G as Repeater

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Setting up a netgear n300 as wireless bridge/access point with airport extremee

I just replaced my netgear wireless router with the airport to allow our many devices on the network without knocking each other off and also increase the speed. But would like to use the netgear as a wireless bridge or access point so that I can still connect my NTFS formatted hard drive to be shared on the network. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I can not seem to find my netgear router with 192.168.1.1 as that comes up with another device. I have tried doing this with a windows laptop in another room but can not seem to make it work. I am now hooked up directly to the airport thinking i need to do it that way and still no luck. Please help.

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Using Netgear Access Point with Business Hub

Dear all,
I am trying to set up a wireless network and am using a BT Business Hub 3.0 as the router + wireless transmitter in one area and a Netgear WG602 v.4 Access Point in another area of my home.
The Business Hub and the Netgear are connected via wire (Ethernet cable), with the Netgears purpose being to boost/relay a wireless connection to an area of my home which the Business Hub wireless signal cannot reach.
I am however having trouble connecting the two devices. Ideally I would like the Netgear to be configured so that computers connected to the Business Hub seamlessly connect to the Netgear when its signal strength is strongest without the need to enter a separate wireless key.
Hopefully that is clear however if anyone needs anything clarifying please don't hesitate to ask.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
andicd
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Thanks,
But the two units arn't plug and play are they? How do I go about paring the two units? I have accessed the Netgears IP settings, do these need to be changed in order to make it compatible to my network?
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How to create an Access Point with Two MI424WR (GigE for Verizon FiOS) Routers?

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I recently rewired my home with cat 6. All network and telephone comes in to the basement. While most devices in the home were converted to LAN connections a few remain WiFi connected. The connections are as follows:
Cable modem -> E3200 ->High Speed Switch <--> E3000.
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