We've been asked to do this before, in a large lecture theatre. In the event, not that many people tried to use it.
We deployed 4 on 2.4Ghz G on 1,5,9,13 and then 8 Aps on 5G, auto channel assignment. I'm pretty sure you could simply tell your N access points that 2.4G was "right out" and do similar. FWIW, we have large theatres (mostly 350/300 or so), and we provide connectivity in them using wireless (normally 4 1142N's in the ceiling) and it appears to work OK, and we don't get whinging. Depends really what they're trying to do with the connectivity. The odd bit of web/email ought to be OK, but interactive 3D video might not if all of them were doing it at once :) Thanks -- ian -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Palmer J.D.F. Sent: 21 April 2011 16:12 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] High client density WiFi? Hello, I've been posed a tricky question by someone on a planning committee for a new campus building. "...is it actually feasible for 500 simultaneous WiFi connections in a lecture room?" I was hoping that there would be someone that might have experience of answering (or providing a solution to) such a question who could offer some input as to whether this is possible, or how close to the figure of 500 could we realistically achieve with the technology currently available? We are Cisco a site so ideally any solution would need to be one Cisco is capable of delivering, but if there are other vendors that are proven to be able to provide this kind of coverage to good effect, then I'd be glad to hear of your experiences. All the best, Jezz Palmer. ------------------------------------- Jezz Palmer Library & Information Services Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP ------------------------------------- ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
