02-13-2002 09:18 AM - edited 07-04-2021 10:58 PM
Hi,
I was curious if there was a rule of thumb on the # of users that the AP-350 could support until we should go get a new one and set it up on a different channel. Our users are not corporate users; mainly browsing www and email.
Thanks
Mike
02-13-2002 09:37 AM
Mike,
I believe that you need to worry about over subscripting the bandwidth. 802.11 is an Ethernet protocol so I think the rule of thumb would be 30% of the bandwidth. I ask this question when I bought my wireless gear and was told that I could add as many host as I wanted.
Rob Starke
02-13-2002 11:38 PM
Thanks Rob,
That makes sense.
Mike
02-14-2002 03:36 PM
I generally advise clients to start at 25 users per AP, then watch their number of concurrent users and make adjustments accordingly. If you know you are going to implement wireless, then there's no extra cost to put up your first AP early to do a pilot.
Application requirements make a big difference, and yours do not seem too demanding. Actually, the best density is for Citrix users - you can get a huge number of clients per AP and still ahve phenomenal perceived performance.
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