Too many users on AP causing disconnects?

[ajax]

I'm at an exhibition in Yokohama, Japan. They have free wireless internet available. This morning when the exhibition started, the connection was solid, but since about midday the connection started to drop. I can't stay on for more than 30 seconds before getting dropped. Is there anything I can do to maintain the connection for longer? I feel completely naked being cut off from the world

 

[[OUPA]MrNutz]

sound like either your signal is 2 weak - or the place is saturated with AP's ...

i've seen how a notebook can go crazy between so many "APs"..

try to manually enter the AP instead of letting it connect automatically.

think there is a tick box where u can disable to automatically connect.

dunno?
my2c

 

[ajax]

sound like either your signal is 2 weak - or the place is saturated with AP's ...

i've seen how a notebook can go crazy between so many "APs"..

try to manually enter the AP instead of letting it connect automatically.

think there is a tick box where u can disable to automatically connect.

dunno?
my2c

There's only 1 AP available, and I've got it set to connect automatically. The exhibition hall is about as big as the Good Hope Centre. My signal varies from excellent to very low. I just can't see how that's possible I'm not moving my laptop around and how can the attendees cause such a huge fluctuation in signal? Or is it because Wi-fi uses CDMA there is massive "cell breathing" going on?

 

[Kloon]

The question is how many other users is using that AP? The more wifi connections the more noise and the more unstable your connection.

 

[ajax]

The question is how many other users is using that AP? The more wifi connections the more noise and the more unstable your connection.

Well, our stand had about 4 computers connected, and there are about 100 stands. So at least a hundred from the exhibitors' side, then there are the attendees, so maybe another 50 to 100?
Hmm, 300 connections, okay, I can see how that can be problematic

 

[ambo]

Was at an internet conference earlier this year and had a similar problem.

As the Cisco rep pointed out - the problem was that they were using a consumer grade AP.... and not a Cisco one Point remains though - different grades of AP have limits with the number of clients that they can handle due to CPU and memory capacities. And there are physical limits on what the radios can support as well.