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Wireless Client Behavior
You can configure the wireless client to connect to a specific wireless network or the first
available wireless network.
If you configure the client to connect to a specific wireless network, the client establishes
a radio connection to the AP in the specified wireless network that provides the best
communications quality. APs in a different wireless network are ignored.
If you configure the client to connect to the first available wireless network (the Wireless
Network Name = ANY), the client establishes a radio connection to the AP that provides
the best communications quality. Be aware that if there are multiple wireless networks, the
client could connect to an AP that is not in the network you want to join.
In either configuration, the client automatically matches the radio channel used by the AP.
A wireless client configured to connect to any available network does not automatically
switch networks after it makes a connection to a wireless network; for example:
Your wireless client is configured to connect to the first available wireless network.
The first available network is called SouthSide. Once the connection is made, you
move your client out of range of SouthSide, but in range of another wireless network
called NorthSide. The wireless client loses the connection to SouthSide but does not
make the connection to NorthSide. To connect to NorthSide, you need to restart the
client. After the restart, the wireless client connects to NorthSide since it is the first
available wireless network.