This is a good exchange ... Sully suggests a maximum of 60 clients per APPO. Let me see if I can define 'client' so we can get a little further into this question.
A 'client' is a client device associated with a household of three computers that could be running at the same time. These two computers are running a web browser, exchanging e-mail and instant messaging. The third computer is generating a higher workload of some sort: gaming, file sharing or web based music. This might be a good set of assumptions for this 'small community'. Will one APPO really handle this kind of workload? Greg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of The Wirefree Network Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 12:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Max clients per APPO ? SmartBridge recommended for covering a small community ? My quick 2 cents. Unless you have some serious PHYSICAL separation from one side of that building to the other, you will have BAD frequency interference. Assumptions: 1. No one else is using 2.4Ghz band within MILES of your building 2. You plan on using channels 1, 6, and 11 (only non-overlapping channels) 3. You plan to reuse channels 1, 6, and 11 for both vertical and horizontal The above shows that the max you could put off of one building would be 6 radios. Radios support up to 128 simultaneous connections...but no one is going to recommend that you put anything beyond 60 on each. Therefore, you have 6 radios times 60 clients = 360 total clients off of one WiPoP. The other option would be to run all these radios on the same SSID and allow for roaming. But that would be setting up a community hotspot. Not my forte. Again...that is just my personal opinion. Sully -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Shearer Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 10:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [smartBridges] Max clients per APPO ? SmartBridge recommended for covering a small community ? Hi all, while I'm new to this list, I did try going thru the archives to find an answer for this, but finally gave up looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack. I see in the specs for the AirBridge, there is a limit of 64 client IPs - but the same spec is not documented for the AirPoint. Q1. How many concurrent mobile WiFi clients can be supported by the AirPointPro Outdoor ? Q2. Also, would you recommend this product line to provide WiFi coverage for a small community ? I'm expecting to create a central site (or network operations center, NOC) which has: - up to 12 AirPoint Total (each one covering 30' of the circle around the building), - a server capable of supporting roaming, optional IPSEC links, RADIUS accounting, - a server for managing subscriber accounts which integrates with the above server, - misc. servers for DNS, DHCP, firewall, etc. - back-end high-speed Internet connection. The NOC would support multiple 'Remote Sites', each with - an AirBridgeTotal that points towards the NOC - an AirPointPro with an omni antenna Q3. There may be times when the NOC is not LOS with the Remote Site - is there any reason why it could not instead be pointed to a nearby RemoteSite which would act as a hoping point ? Thanks, Steve. The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
