how many clients connect to ap at once?

[Matthew G Brown]

Well if you offer QOS your Users/CIR Bandwidth ratio would define how many
users per AP before you over subscribed CIR rates. although having said that
anyone with 5mb CIR carrier bandwidth can probably afford a new access
point.

Cheers

Matt
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Subject: RE: how many clients connect to ap at once?


> Why?
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew G Brown [mailto:wireless at brh.co.nz]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 6:55 PM
> > To: Demarc (tony) 908-996-7995; 'Darryl Smith';
> > wireless at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Re: how many clients connect to ap at once?
> >
> >
> > But remembering that Quality of service reduces these numbers
> > quite substantially.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Demarc (tony) 908-996-7995" <tonylist at wwwbiz.com>
> > To: "'Darryl Smith'" <Darryl at radio-active.net.au>;
> > <wireless at lists.samba.org>
> > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 11:58 AM
> > Subject: RE: how many clients connect to ap at once?
> >
> >
> > > Darryl
> > >
> > > This depends on how the AP was designed, for example Cisco and our
> > > 180mW AP use higher end processors and can pass traffic for more
> > > clients. With our ReliaWave AP OS that includes MAC layer bandwidth
> > > management and can run on a higher end x86 processor the
> > hard limit is
> > > 2048 MACs. For indoor use 200-300 clients is not out of the
> > question,
> > > for outdoors about 128 would be the max I would want to do.
> > >
> > > Sincerely
> > > Tony Morella
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> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: wireless-admin at lists.samba.org
> > > > [mailto:wireless-admin at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Darryl Smith
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:14 PM
> > > > To: wireless at lists.samba.org
> > > > Subject: RE: how many clients connect to ap at once?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This brings up another interesting question...
> > > >
> > > > How many clients can connect to an access point period. I believe
> > > > that they have done some tests at Dartmouth College in the USA on
> > > > this and found that the number was quite high with some access
> > > > points. I have this thought in the back of my mind that
> > they may not
> > > > be too high for the cheaper units - and that this is one
> > area where
> > > > higher price gives more... As for numbers I am not quite sure
> > > >
> > > > Darryl
> > > >
> > > > ---------
> > > > Darryl Smith, VK2TDS   POBox 169 Ingleburn NSW 2565 Australia
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> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: wireless-admin at lists.samba.org
> > > > [mailto:wireless-admin at lists.samba.org] On > Behalf Of Joel
> > > >
> > > > Sent: Thursday, 7 November 2002 9:22 PM
> > > > To: wireless at lists.samba.org
> > > > Subject: how many clients connect to ap at once?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi friend,
> > > > I want to know if i make a access point on redhat
> > > > linux 7.3 using prism2 card then how many clients can
> > connect to my
> > > > access point at once. is there any limit????
> > > >
> > > > Thank,
> > > > Joel
> > > >
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