Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Networking in Large Classrooms

[Tom Marentette]

Arnie - we have a new science building that is just starting construction. We have two auditoriums with 250 seats each in the design. The decision was made to pull cable to each seat; as convenient as wireless is, it still has limitations related to host-to-access point connectivity (read - shared medium). There is no hard number but I had always heard about 20-30 hosts per AP when planning for capacity. This all depends on the expected apps that will be running in those locations. Any way you slice it 100Mpbs/full duplex capable jack is much better than sharing an AP (11b/11g or 11a) with 20 other users. It may cost a little more on the front end, but it will save the headaches later when users moan.   BTW - we are still adding wireless in the auditoriums, as well as all buildings on campus.   hope this helps!     Tom Marentette University of Notre Dame Network Engineering   ----- Original Message ----- From: Arnold Hassen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:52 AM Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Networking in Large Classrooms We are designing two new 200 seat classrooms that will be adjacent to one another.  Discussion is focussing on whether we should hardwire or go wireless. Functionally we must be capable of simultaneous networking which means 400+ simultaneous links. Is this doable with wireless? Thanks for any help Arnie Hassen West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.