up to a certain level, the consumer and "prosumer" solutions being proposed here are perfectly cool. Above that level, it needs to get serious.
Astaro is a great provider of enterprise grade WAP's that just work. They also sponsor the Bsides security conferences that are free, and awesome! (I help run one, and present at several others.) Just an FYI. Joshua On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
