On 2/24/2013 7:45 PM, Bob Williamson wrote: > What is considered to be "too many clients per AP"? > > We have 30 APs and 450 K-12 students (100 of which are dorm students). We > also have a number of "carts" containing 15+ laptops the move around the > school, "carts" with 15+ Ipads moving around the school and computers labs > (stationary!) with 15 + computers. > > 350+ devices at any given time. I have seen as many as 50+ on a single AP > quite often.
50 on an AP is workable, if they're not all doing Netflix/Youtube. 50 on a *radio* is another story. Beyond that it depends on the split of 2.4 and 5 Ghz connections, data rates (slower ones eat up more airtime), and multi-band N-clients. Bottom line is that client counts per AP, or even per radio, aren't absolutes relative to the user experience. But yes, I would prefer "not" to see 50 or more clients on a single AP. It's unavoidable in an auditorium / lecture hall / arena type setting, but those are typically "best effort" to begin with at this point. Jeff ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
