In my dealings with many different customers, it seems that there is a practical limit of about 30-40 users per access point before you start seeing network slowdowns in most cases. This can vary a lot depending on your authentication scheme, users' surfing habits, bandwidth management, and other factors. It's not a number that is easy to pin down.
Kevin
sB Tech Support wrote:
Hi Steve,
You can have up to 128 client devices associated to an airPoint Pro simultaneously. But in order to have better performance, bandwidth and reduce congestion an average keep it lower numbers which is usually about 50. For the airPoint, the total number of client connectivity is listed in the user guide's FAQ list. We will add into the spec also. Thank You
Seeni, SB support
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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.
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