How many devices per Access Point
I have a business environment where I will have around 100 ipads and 100 smartphones in one single room. Across the hall there are two rooms with about 30 ipads and 30 smartphones each. I was looking at the business class Netgear Access Points: http://netgear.com/business/products/wireless/business-wireless/
I guess I am confusing devices, connections and clients. How many devices, (ipad, laptop, smartphone, etc) is supported per Access point. Is it common to have more than one AP in a single room?
I guess I am confusing devices, connections and clients. How many devices, (ipad, laptop, smartphone, etc) is supported per Access point. Is it common to have more than one AP in a single room?
BillBondo
A simple wireless Linksys can connect 250 devices. I would suggest one for each room/side of hallway. Maybe use some kind of MAC Auth to keep other unwanted devices off your network.
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What about the data sheet on the 660 and 620 in the link I provided? The data sheet shows up to 128 supported clients. Is this not accurate?
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Ok. I'm understanding. Let me ask this then. If I have multiple AP's in the same room, what regulates how may clients actually connect to each one for best performance. In other words, If I have four AP's in one room, what is to say that one AP will not try to provide all the connections? How are the connections divided between the AP's?
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I cannot use the mac address method because the devices will travel throughout the building and will need to connect to any available AP. I will look into the load balancing. Thanks.
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All comments were helpful. I have enough info to start testing solutions. Thank you for your time.