RAIN 5G capacity

[Fonzarello]

Hello,

We have been using the R699 option for a few months for our small business and it has been sufficient. We have now added way more users and need to ensure we have enough CAPACITY not speed. I am wondering if we need to add another R699 package and router or if upgrading to the R999 option will help us with CAPACITY not speed. I keep repeating not speed as I don't believe speed is the issue for us.
I guess the answer will be that it doesn't matter what package you are on, it's the network limitation that determines the capacity of users.
Anyone know if the router (Huawei H112-372) has a limitation on number of simultaneous connections?

 

[rain_mobile]

Hello,

We have been using the R699 option for a few months for our small business and it has been sufficient. We have now added way more users and need to ensure we have enough CAPACITY not speed. I am wondering if we need to add another R699 package and router or if upgrading to the R999 option will help us with CAPACITY not speed. I keep repeating not speed as I don't believe speed is the issue for us.
I guess the answer will be that it doesn't matter what package you are on, it's the network limitation that determines the capacity of users.
Anyone know if the router (Huawei H112-372) has a limitation on number of simultaneous connections?

Hi @Fonzarello

Both of the packages have the same capacity, you will need to get another package.

 

[Fonzarello]

On related note - can anyone recommend a free bandwidth monitoring software that will enable me to get some basic reporting to see how much load we are actually consuming. Emphasis on free. I know all SW service offer free trial periods. I'm not looking for industrial strength monitoring, just a basic idea.
Appreciate any advice

 

[bullzeye.za]

You'd be better off getting another (more powerful) wifi router, and hooking that up as your access point, letting the huawei run the internet and the other device run the wifi. Why would you need two internet connections when your problem is your local network?

 

[powermzii]

Hello,

We have been using the R699 option for a few months for our small business and it has been sufficient. We have now added way more users and need to ensure we have enough CAPACITY not speed. I am wondering if we need to add another R699 package and router or if upgrading to the R999 option will help us with CAPACITY not speed. I keep repeating not speed as I don't believe speed is the issue for us.
I guess the answer will be that it doesn't matter what package you are on, it's the network limitation that determines the capacity of users.
Anyone know if the router (Huawei H112-372) has a limitation on number of simultaneous connections?

Hi @Fonzarello - are the users connecting to the Rain CPE wirelessly? Are you noticing a slow down / degradation on each additional user's experience? If so then you could augment with dedicated WiFI routers, i.e. look to get additional devices that ONLY do Wifi for your end users. That way the CPE is only managing the connection to the Rain network.

 

[Fonzarello]

Hi @Fonzarello - are the users connecting to the Rain CPE wirelessly? Are you noticing a slow down / degradation on each additional user's experience? If so then you could augment with dedicated WiFI routers, i.e. look to get additional devices that ONLY do Wifi for your end users. That way the CPE is only managing the connection to the Rain network.

Hi @powermzii - yes there are maybe 11 or 12 of us all connecting to the Hauwei. I should look for a "wi-fi only router" you say?
Thanks also to @bullzeye.za - I guess you're both suggesting similar. Ihad not thought of that. Thanks very much for the thoughts

 

[powermzii]

Hi @powermzii - yes there are maybe 11 or 12 of us all connecting to the Hauwei. I should look for a "wi-fi only router" you say?
Thanks also to @bullzeye.za - I guess you're both suggesting similar. Ihad not thought of that. Thanks very much for the thoughts

Yes - well Wifi Access Points would be a better term but correct - devices to purely do the Wifi / WLAN side of things.

I'm not sure of your budget and what else you want this network to do (are you sharing data located on a NAS, do you need user authentication, bandwith management (each user gets 1GB/day), VOIP etc etc) - that info could help us suggest specific products - or is it purely just for users to connect and use the internet

 

[Fonzarello]

Yes - well Wifi Access Points would be a better term but correct - devices to purely do the Wifi / WLAN side of things.

I'm not sure of your budget and what else you want this network to do (are you sharing data located on a NAS, do you need user authentication, bandwith management (each user gets 1GB/day), VOIP etc etc) - that info could help us suggest specific products - or is it purely just for users to connect and use the internet

Thanks - no nothing as sophisticated as that. Yet.
For now I need all of us to be simultaneously be operating Zoom calls without hitches is all. So it's just internet usage. I did want to be able to check, however, when things do go awry , whether it is the internet supply, the router capacity or what the reason might be and how most cost effectively to mitigate.
Potentionally some WiFi access points, like a Ubiquiti or a TP link - what would you recommend?

 

[bullzeye.za]

Thanks - no nothing as sophisticated as that. Yet.
For now I need all of us to be simultaneously be operating Zoom calls without hitches is all. So it's just internet usage. I did want to be able to check, however, when things do go awry , whether it is the internet supply, the router capacity or what the reason might be and how most cost effectively to mitigate.
Potentionally some WiFi access points, like a Ubiquiti or a TP link - what would you recommend?

(Some) Asus APs have built in traffic analysis tools that keep track of what was used and by which device, as well as showing you a real time graph of what's going on. My RT-AC68u does that really well for my purposes, but I recommend you do your own research - It should be able to act as a standalone AP (Though it's primarily meant to be a router)

 

[netstrider]

Hi @Fonzarello

Both of the packages have the same capacity, you will need to get another package.

That makes zero sense. Both packages would connect to the same tower. So both will share bandwidth on that tower and its backhaul.

In fact, it is possible having two seperate connections from two sims and two routers may do more harm than good.

The local infeastructure on the router notwithstanding.