We use 18 wireless laptops in one classroom, and that many computers is apparently way too many for one wireless AP. They authenticate very slowly and data access is also problematic. Some users report login times approaching 20 minutes. This actually doesn't sound unbelievable, considering an 11mbs connection, half duplex minus wireless overhead. So I would have no problem adding more APs, but I have some questions about the operation:

1. Can I use more than one AP without any kind of interference - does just using different channels do this?

2. How can I be sure that the load would be distributed between them - if I can use 3 AP's, how do I get 6 on each?

We will likely switch over to .11a to help speed up, but still would like to see about using multiple APs.

Also, if there's something I haven't thought of in this please let me know.