If you shorten the DHCP lease time to 2, 4, or even 8 hours, that should address the problem of running out of leases.
*Glen Ferguson* Phone: 301-732-5165 Email: [email protected] <[email protected]> Website: http://coworkfrederick.com Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701 On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh yeah my experience matches Stuart's, the dual band is *much* better. > > I thought we could get away with the single band $99-per-unit versions > when we expanded our initial cover and...yeah, they're just not as good. > > Definitely spring for the Pro units - this 3 pack: > http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Enterprise-System-UAP-PRO-3/dp/B00DJERLFG > > > Or this single unit: > http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Enterprise-System-AP-Pro-UAP-PRO/dp/B00HXT8T5O/ref=pd_sim_pc_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=1SYSFCBY9V4T4H5TW0P1 > > -Alex > > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Stuart Lambert <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> +1 to the Unifi recommendation. >> >> We found that the dual band versions work far better. It seems a lot of >> users in the building our space shares are using 2.4Ghz only routers so we >> have the 5Ghz band to ourself... >> >> Something we've bumped into very recently is exhausting the DHCP pool on >> our router (a Draytek) which only supports 254 DHCP total address, no >> matter what size subnet you configure. The symptoms are people being unable >> to connect to the network because there is no spare DHCP address for them. >> We have one of these on order which will fix this issue, and provide us >> with better throughput from our network to the internet - >> http://linitx.com/product/linitx-apu-1d-3nicusbrtc-pfsense-embed-firewall-kit-red/14094 >> >> >> On Thursday, 2 April 2015 14:02:24 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote: >>> >>> I've never seen a resource that organizes bandwidth usage that way - >>> even within our individual respective spaces I think that would be tricky >>> data to acquire! >>> >>> But two things that aren't obvious about Internet usage (and how >>> bandwidth is just a tiny part of the equation) until you've had >>> hundreds of people piping through a shared connection every day: >>> >>> 1) bandwidth is important, but latency is more important. Without >>> getting super duper technical, latency is the speed that the network >>> responds, which is different from how fast files download. >>> >>> MOST people spend a lot of their day clicking around the Internet, or >>> using internet connected apps. With some rare exceptions like game >>> developers and video editors, the files we move around in our daily work >>> are relatively small. >>> >>> But when the latency is bad - everyone feels it because clicking to load >>> a page, or refresh email, or live typing on Google docs etc feels like it >>> has a lag. Our network (internal wireless + gigabit) plus our 50mb >>> down/10mb up almost always has more than enough bandwidth for 120+ people >>> working hard every day. And that includes streaming videos, music, etc. >>> >>> Where things go haywire is when latency ratchets up. This can happen in >>> our network because wifi coverage is interrupted, or because our internet >>> provider is having issues, or most often because someone on the network is >>> uploading a huge file (offsite backup like a Dropbox sync or uploading a >>> video to YouTube) and our ISP starts to throttle latency because it thinks >>> something is wrong. This tool is FOREVER to figure out! >>> >>> Our normal network latency is 20-30ms response time from a popular site >>> like google.com when it goes above 100ms, you start to notice things >>> slowing down. 200ms and the network feels like it's crawling. >>> Interestingly, though, you can still download big files quickly they just >>> take a few extra moments before they start. >>> >>> It's a rough experience to explain to people, and they don't care if >>> it's latency or speed they just want to work. So understanding that more >>> speed without an improvement in latency is important. >>> >>> 2) the network itself is just as important as the Internet connection. >>> There's been a bunch of great discussions on this list about network design >>> and what hardware to get before, but Jon Markwell's post sums up the >>> majority of the best of it: http://jonathanmarkwell. >>> com/2014/11/22/best-coworking-wifi/ >>> >>> We upgraded to the Unifi system that he mentions in this post and it's >>> been a MASSIVE improvement over everything else we tried. I >>> heartily endorse this recommendation now from first hand experience! >>> >>> -Alex >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Cassidy <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone! >>>> >>>> do you recommend any websites or databases for researching average data >>>> consumption by industry and/or company size? >>>> >>>> or do you have any insights to share regarding how your ventures >>>> provide internet services? >>>> >>>> thanks :) >>>> >>>> Cassidy >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ------------------ >>> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >>> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com >>> Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast >>> >>> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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