WIFI router for 50 connections

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Mattyvdm

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Hi guys

I am looking to buy a WIFI router that is capable of hosting 50 or more connections? is there anything out there?

Thanks,
Matt
 
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Most AP's can handle 50+ clients (except the cheap ones that usually specifies 16 or 32 or 64) but if it can give out bandwidth to all those clients is another story. Each clients that connects to a wifi AP "halfs" the bandwidth, so 50 clients, well, you will basically have a few kb's per client if you are lucky.... rather use 2 AP's minimum for 50+ clients

Once that circled number below gets to 40 then those clients all have issues, so make sure you spec it right from the start

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41 clients now....

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Rickster said:
476days uptime?


Fukk man, reboot that poor AP.
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No need, it's not your average home crap AP that needs a reboot every week or month, these don't need a reboot... ever, only reason why they ever do reboot is if the switches that powers them gets rebooted or if they get a software upgrade. We have been renovating departments so switches got moved, so AP's got rebooted
 
irBosOtter said:
No need, it's not your average home crap AP that needs a reboot every week or month, these don't need a reboot... ever, only reason why they ever do reboot is if the switches that powers them gets rebooted or if they get a software upgrade. We have been renovating departments so switches got moved, so AP's got rebooted
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No wonder it bombs out at 45 clients.
 
irBosOtter said:
No need, it's not your average home crap AP that needs a reboot every week or month, these don't need a reboot... ever, only reason why they ever do reboot is if the switches that powers them gets rebooted or if they get a software upgrade. We have been renovating departments so switches got moved, so AP's got rebooted
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What AP's are those, if I may ask?
 
HeftyCrab said:
What AP's are those, if I may ask?
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They are Cisco AIR-CAP1702I-E-K9 AP's, few years old already (only does AC up to 867Mb)
Will be replacing with wave 2 capable AP's soon

50 AP's plus two Cisco controllers plus Cisco ACS software cost over R500 000 so not cheap lol
 
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irBosOtter said:
They are Cisco AIR-CAP1702I-E-K9 AP's, few years old already (only does AC up to 867Mb)
Will be replacing with wave 2 capable AP's soon

50 AP's plus two Cisco controllers plus Cisco ACS software cost over R500 000 so not cheap lol
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Thread is about users, but AP's. BTW, it is much cheaper from comptetitors and software is free.
https://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showth...ice-amp-home-network-project-feedback-welcome

Good for home users if you need more than two AP's.
It may also scale up to 50 AP's when using capable L2/L3 switches, not sure.

As for OP:
Unifi AP user limit
Re: Limit maximum users per AP. UniFi APs have a max hard limit of 127 clients per band. That cannot be changed to make APs accept more users. Using the 'load balance' option you can have this limit to a lower number, thus defining your own hard limit.Aug 21, 2014
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https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/Limit-maximum-users-per-AP/td-p/975169
 
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MidnightWizard said:
What about Cisco -- CLEAN-AIR ?
You can use hi-end Cisco AP's as wireless spectrum analysers
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Yes that's setup as well, does help a lot. Mostly people in the office with Bluetooth enabled devices that is causing the most interference, and 2nd is microwave oven's lol
 
Unifi AC Pro , several of our sites use them and they often hit 50+, and dont give any hassles, never needs a reboot or slows down, they just work.
 
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irBosOtter said:
Yes that's setup as well, does help a lot. Mostly people in the office with Bluetooth enabled devices that is causing the most interference, and 2nd is microwave oven's lol
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Did you do an initial site inspection and wireless location analysis ?

Seems to me the AP's are incorrectly sited
 
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