> > >>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Wyble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> wifi, we could only get 10-15 or so clients on an AP before >>> bandwidht falls of a cliff. > > Charles> What sort of AP? What kind of coverage? What price point? > Charles> What kind of tuning? > > The Uptown Services study of the MetroFi network in Portland showed > that more than 6 client devices, each individually trying to maximize > their throughput, caused a 50% drop in aggregate bandwidth. > > That's using $3k (or whatever) a SkyPilot access point. I assume that > was all in the 802.11g layer.
Yes, regardless of the AP, in 802.11b/g you can easily DOS a single access point with a single client device with either a spamming virus (hundreds of simultaneous connections to random hosts) or bit torrent. Both of which send hundreds to thousands of small packets per second. This eats up all the time slots and brings the AP to it's knees. Tyler Booth // President ph. 503.548.2000 | fx. 503.548.2002 921 SW Washington St, Suite 224 Portland OR 97205 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
