[afnog] Wireless Network

[Chris Wilson]

Hi all,

On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Hervey Allen wrote:
>  On 1/5/10 3:46 PM, Benjamin Cobblah wrote:
> > 
> >  How does one determine the number of users,  a wireless network can
> >  support. I need to buy a wireless router to support 2000 users within an
> >  organization. The problem is how do I determine this capability given
> >  the specs of the wireless router.
> > 
> >  To put it in a better way "what determines the number of users a
> >  wireless router can support"

I've posted my answer, Sunday's and Hervey's on our blog (I hope that's OK, 
guys :), and immediately got a helpful suggestion from a friend of ours:

"This page has some good answers:

http://serverfault.com/questions/72767/why-is-internet-access-and-wi-fi-always-so-terrible-at-large-tech-conferences

It is about tech conferences, but the basic problem of getting lots of people 
on wifi in a single space is covered by the solutions."

[http://blog.aptivate.org/2010/01/05/wireless-networks-for-2000-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-261]

Cheers, Chris.
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