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best hardware for large wireless network
- Thread starter occhief
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It might be helpful to add some more information such as, how big an area does your wireless network have to cover, one floor of one office or several floors? Old building or new building? Security requirements? Do you know if the bandwidth intensive application can tolerate latency, and if so, how much? Will the users be stationary or mobile within the wireless network? Will the users all be using wireless gear that can support N or G or mixed? Does the wireless network cover any exterior locations? What kind of budget do you have to work with?
The previous posted is completely correct. But I'll add testing. You have to get some actual equipment, and test it in your environment.
P.S. I'm currently managing a site with 300 WAPs. I think that may be considered large, 30 users is probably not.
P.S. I'm currently managing a site with 300 WAPs. I think that may be considered large, 30 users is probably not.
This will be setup in one room and does not include any exterior locations. I would like to keep latency as low as possible. I'm not going to be using any wireless security, besides putting the access point on a separate subnet. The users of the network will be stationary. The wireless gear will be mixed. Budget I would like to be under $400.
As the previous posts mentioned, we need more details...
How much area does it need to cover?
Specifically what applications?
What minimum througput that you need over your coverage range?
Any interferance from other potential Wireless networks?
What band 2.4Ghz/5Ghz?
What security is needed for this network?
What is the potential for growth?
Don't take this the wrong way, but this open-ended of a quiestion kinda smacks of us doing your engineering homework for some IT course somewhere...
How much area does it need to cover?
Specifically what applications?
What minimum througput that you need over your coverage range?
Any interferance from other potential Wireless networks?
What band 2.4Ghz/5Ghz?
What security is needed for this network?
What is the potential for growth?
Don't take this the wrong way, but this open-ended of a quiestion kinda smacks of us doing your engineering homework for some IT course somewhere...
that is way out of buget
As the previous posts mentioned, we need more details...
How much area does it need to cover? 80-100 sq ft all line of sight.
Specifically what applications? online video streaming
What minimum througput that you need over your coverage range? 5meg per user should be plenty
Any interferance from other potential Wireless networks? no
What band 2.4Ghz/5Ghz? 2.4Ghz
What security is needed for this network? none needed
What is the potential for growth? possibility to grow to 40 users by next year
Don't take this the wrong way, but this open-ended of a quiestion kinda smacks of us doing your engineering homework for some IT course somewhere...
No, this is a real world project.
Everyone is in a 10' by 10' room? I assume you mean 80' x 100' room? To do it right w/o AP's flaking out on you, you're probably looking at 2-3 AP's minimum. The trick in your kind of environment is load balancing between the AP's. 1 AP isn't going to support that kind of a load, and unless you have an intelligent system, you can't guarantee the load split between AP's. And you're NOT going to get close to that for only $400. Hell, you probably won't be able to get a few high-end router-turned-AP's for $400. See if there's an Aruba Wireless dealer near you and talk to them about their Aruba Instant AP's. It'll blow your budget, but it'll be bulletproof for far less than most other solutions.
I'd love to suggest the Ubiquiti UniFi stuff, but it's still a bit untested for me taste. It's is shaping up rather well, though.
Agree that you want 2-3 AP's wired to your network (not mesh) and you really should consider a controller-based setup. Aside from Cisco and Aruba, there's also HP's procurve gear which I liked more than Aruba's.
$400 is a shoestring budget except for just providing basic wireless access. High bandwidth and/or low latency? Not so much.
$400 is a shoestring budget except for just providing basic wireless access. High bandwidth and/or low latency? Not so much.
That's why I figured I'd buy a few and use them in my house and see how well they work before I use them for clients.
I'm going to try out the Ubiquiti UniFi, I'll post an update to let you guys know how it works. Thanks!
I don't want to hijack this thread, but I want some suggestions for some wireless deployment as well.
Wireless needs to be accessible in a 5 sq mile area. Security will be a major factor, so I'm thinking 802.1x for sure with WPA2 Enterprise, etc. I will use 2.4/5GHz bands.
Is this something for mesh style deployment? Would we be looking at larger radio towers to help broadcast?
I'm not worried about budget at this point.
Wireless needs to be accessible in a 5 sq mile area. Security will be a major factor, so I'm thinking 802.1x for sure with WPA2 Enterprise, etc. I will use 2.4/5GHz bands.
Is this something for mesh style deployment? Would we be looking at larger radio towers to help broadcast?
I'm not worried about budget at this point.