We have Comcast business class 50mbps/10 up/down and can have 35 people on our wifi router which I think is a Netgear-N I picked up at Bestbuy. The router also handles two different networks. One for people with older computers and one for newer computers (B/G vs A/N). Mixing the two was a nightmare and all the new computers were dragged down to the old computer's speed capability which is why we split them up.
We also have 4 hardwired ports. One member went to Home Depot and custom made 4 short cables for $7 that we keep on a shelf if someone wants to grab one and another member donated 4 10/100 ethernet switches which we haven't used but probably will in the new space. All this magic costs us $199/month. As for reliability, the only time we had issues is when they were relocating the utilities in our back alley and every time a truck backed over the cable they were burying we lost internet. That was a stabby 3 days for all of us. Angel On Aug 25, 9:09 am, Josh Aberson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > Without getting into too much introduction and details, I'll just cut right > to it. > > I'm opening a space next week in South Dakota. Working on finalizing details > right now, and one thing I'm not too sure about is internet. We've got 20 > members or so pre-signed to move in day 1 and in trying to plan for the > future, am trying to figure out what sort of internet speed I need, and what > sort of router to handle the space's size and amount of people. It's a long > space, about 150ft, and we could very easily have 100 people accessing the > network at any given time. > > Any of the larger spaces out there have insight? I'm currently looking at an > internet speed of 50 down/10up or 100 down/15 up. Also am looking at 801.11n > routers that have two to three adjustable networks built into the device. > > Would love some thoughts. > > Best, > > Josh Aberson > [email protected] > m: 521.6158 | @JoshAberson > > 220 S. Phillips Ave. > Sioux Falls, SD 57104 > fb.com/workmeso > @workmesowww.WorkMeso.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
