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One of my buildings at work has a Trendnet access point for wireless users. There were 7 computers using the access point and now I'm adding 19 more computers that will be using it.

There will only be light web traffic going across it but I'm worried that I'm going to start seeing performance issues. Is there a rule of thumb for how many users can realisticly share an access point before there are problems?
 
I would look at getting a nice WAP that has dual radios. I like the 3com units, not cheap, but really solid.

I'm not a huge trendnet guy for work related stuff
 
k1pp3r said:
I would look at getting a nice WAP that has dual radios. I like the 3com units, not cheap, but really solid.

I'm not a huge trendnet guy for work related stuff
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I've looked and it's not a problem to get something better but what I'm asking is will I really need to with the ammount of computers im going to have? I'm adding about 2 computers per day and so far nobody is complaining, I'm not sure if there is some breaking point though.
 
Depends more on the model, and you can refer to the documentation..many models..especially business models, will state what their maximum connections..such as 96 clients (common number for most biz models).

Business grade models are usually substantially stronger than home grade models.
 
32 is a good rule of thumb. 90+ is a failure point where everything comes to a grinding halt as there are so many collisions that all of the clients spend their time trying to find an open window to transmit. If you are not paying $300+ for your AP, be happy with 20-30.
 
archivalbackup said:
32 is a good rule of thumb. 90+ is a failure point where everything comes to a grinding halt as there are so many collisions that all of the clients spend their time trying to find an open window to transmit. If you are not paying $300+ for your AP, be happy with 20-30.
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Well I'm using a $49 TrendNet access point so I'm happy that it's not crashing with 20 people. Sadly this AP is an improvment over the Linksys that used to be in that building. It would randomly reset all of it's settings to default a few times a week.
 
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