Losing Wireless Connection to ASP.NET Web App

[Mark Potter]

I am not sure this is the right list but here goes.

I have an ASP.NET 1.1 web app that uses forms authentication. The site is
run from DELL AXIM WIRELESS PDA's in an outside plant environment. We
have several CISCO wireless access points positioned throughout the
plant. What is happening in the application is that the user logs in fine
and works thru the app okay. But then the user starts moving around in
the plant area. And the tcp/ip connection is broken and a new one is re-
established when they leave one wireless access point zone and enter
another (kind of like roaming on a cell phone). The whole process of
tcp/ip connection loss in one zone and then re-establishment in the next
zone takes about 1 or 2 seconds. The question I have is there anything I
can do in the app (or IIS on Windows 2003 Server) on the back end to re-
establish the session without the user having to re-authenticate.

Thanks in advance.

Mark Potter

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[Chris Anderson]

Post by Mark Potter
zone takes about 1 or 2 seconds. The question I have is there

anything

Post by Mark Potter
I
can do in the app (or IIS on Windows 2003 Server) on the back end to
re-
establish the session without the user having to re-authenticate.

You could try turning off the connection KeepAlive setting in IIS

Then it's *expecting* each request to be autonomous and to be
disconnected between requests.

You should also make sure that the server isn't expecting each request
to come from the same IP address, as the reconnection process may be
supplying the device a new IP address

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