https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43754#M12464 since both these networks are physically seperate... you got to use auto channel management and transmit power on L1 and if possible use different SSID... Wed, 20 Sep 2017 06:13:46 GMT monnat_systems 2017-09-20T06:13:46Z https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43752#M12462 Hello, we will be running an event at a hotel and supplying wifi coverage to the outside. We will be running this connected to our own router and ZD. To complicate matters there will be a separate network, also Ruckus inside the hotel with the same SSID. Our coverage will overlap as we will have some directional APs inside the hotel shooting out the windows. I'd like to know if we will have any potential issues with this setup at all, or will the two managed networks play nice with each other? Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:59:31 GMT https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43752#M12462 chris_clancey 2017-09-19T14:59:31Z https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43753#M12463 I realise this is a far from ideal setup, but this is the best we can do! Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:21:18 GMT https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43753#M12463 chris_clancey 2017-09-19T16:21:18Z https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43754#M12464 since both these networks are physically seperate... you got to use auto channel management and transmit power on L1 and if possible use different SSID... Wed, 20 Sep 2017 06:13:46 GMT https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43754#M12464 monnat_systems 2017-09-20T06:13:46Z https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43755#M12465 Same SSID on two different controllers: Bad idea.<BR />1: They will try to manage the airtime and will register 'rougue' AP's broadcasting the same SSID.<BR /><BR />2: You will have different DHCP servers on each net, and what about registration? WPA[2] or Captive? If some sort of portal is in place, you will have guests registering on two different portals, and That is gonna be a strange user experience!<BR /><BR />Make an event SSID, or make sure the DHCP/portal is at least the same. Wed, 20 Sep 2017 23:05:55 GMT https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43755#M12465 jakob_peterh_ns 2017-09-20T23:05:55Z https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43756#M12466 from an RF perspective, try to keep channels isolated from each controller. 20MHz only on 5GHz, maybe look to limit the channels at 2.4 or even better do 5GHz only in the event.<BR /><BR />As Jakob states, 2 SSID's with the same name on different controllers is a bad idea. Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:45:55 GMT https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Access-Points-Indoor-and-Outdoor/Running-2-Ruckus-networks-next-to-each-other-with-the-same-SSID/m-p/43756#M12466 robert_lowe_722 2017-09-25T13:45:55Z