How can I get the same SSID for multiple access points?

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Published on 2010-03-21T18:46:37Z Indexed on 2013/10/23 3:59 UTC
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I need to upgrade my existing wireless infrastructure and this time I want 2 access points to cover my house, since I get blind spots no matter what with a single AP. I have physical cabling to my central network available for both access points.

I would really like these two to interoperate seamlessly as a single SSID. How do I do this? What are the features that the new access points I'm buying would need to support?

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