We've done that. This particular tower has 12 AP's on it. It's in a noisy environment as well. We sent out our techs to improve many of the 1x & 2x subs and only gained about 5mb/s. It was a lot of effort with very little payoff. Our techs have a better understanding of what poor SM's can do to the AP. So that's a plus.
I was hoping someone had done a direct replacement of 450 to 450i and could share their results. Perhaps it's time to look at the 450m a little closer. On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounds like you have a lot of weak signal clients. You should see the > AP max out at 50-60mbps but only if the majority of clients are 6x or 8x. > > Can you add stingers or dishes to the SMs?? > > The 450i will give you more PPS but that's probably not the issue. > > I would just add another 450AP aimed in the same direction and split the > load. > > -Sean > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 9:33 AM Eric Muehleisen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We currently have a pile of 450 AP's that top out around 100% downlink >> utilization which gives us between 30-35mb/s downlink capacity. >> >> We are considering the 450m but doesn't make sense, cost wise, in many of >> our locations. What kind of improvement you think you would see by >> upgrading to 450i AP? >> >> Our AP's are configured for 20mhz and 75% downlink. >> >> >>
