Re: LUG: Large number of WiFi users in one place - Fri, 13 May 2005 16:29:36 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Large number of WiFi users in one place

From : Will Lane <will@jxxtech.[redacted]>

Date : Fri, 13 May 2005 16:29:36 -0400

You will have to use somthing other than a basic 'linksys' router / AP
for DHCP if you have over 254 clients.

Warren Myers wrote:

> We use high-end Cisco access points at my school, and they handle a
> lot of simultaneous connections without loss of service, or noticeable
> degradation on QOS.
>
> WMM
>
> On 5/13/05, *Joe Winegarden* <joe.winegarden@gmail.[redacted]
> <mailto:joe.winegarden@gmail.[redacted]>> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any experience with a large number (~500) of users in
> one big auditorium connecting to WiFi all at once? I'm guessing a
> single router probably can't handle it, but if it requires several
> routers then will the likelihood of collisions be a big problem? It
> seems like this has to have happened at a seminar on one of the
> campuses in the triangle.
>
> TIA for any insight.
> -Joe
>
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