I have no expertise with this, but from my limited exposure, it seems that placing the routers at 8-10ft above the ground helps reception in crowded spaces.
Lastly, it might be good if you had all these distros also backed up to a one or more USB keys. That would be nice to have if Wi-Fi and/or the workstation failed Cheers, Zubin. On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Saifi Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi all: > > Anybody with knowledge of Wireless router scalability please help with this > issue. > > There is one Linux box (running Gentoo) with two NIC cards connected > to two Wireless routers (Netgear). Each Wireless router is running a > DHCP server with IP address 172.16.27/24 series and 192.168.1/24 series. > > The Linux box is only running Apache webserver httpd service which is > listening on both the interfaces. The system is hosting Open Source > distros .ISO images (CD/DVD) like BeleniX, OpenSolaris, openSUSE, > Gentoo and lots of Open Source software for windows, Linux, Mac > and J2ME, QtExtended installables. > > All the users will connect either from their PDA, Smartphones or > Laptops to the main webpage and download the stuff they need/like. > > To get an idea of the hall, please see the slide show at > http://www.twincling.org/node/297 > > Given a sample set of approx 400 users, will this approach scale ? > If not, what can be the better approach. > > We're trying to provide this facility to all attendees at Open Source > Summit 2008. All suggestions and observations are very welcome. > > thanks > Saifi. >
