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My WLAN has multiple access points. Is there a way I can get my wireless notebook to automatically connect to the AP with the strongest signal?

Multiple AP WLANs usually assign the same SSID to all APs, so if you're using WinXP's built-in wireless utility, you will see only one "network".

The client utilities that come with wireless adapters might allow you to see multiple APs with the same SSID, but since you select a network by SSID and not MAC address of the AP, you won't be able to select a specific AP.

The only reliable way to allow selection of specific APs is to assign each one a unique SSID. Note that this might force you to have to manually re-connect when you move out of an AP's range.

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