Yeah, dropped it down to a day from 7 and our helped. (Secretly looking for an excuse to buy better kit anyway! ) On 2 Apr 2015 18:29, "Glen Ferguson" <g...@coworkfrederick.com> wrote:
> If you shorten the DHCP lease time to 2, 4, or even 8 hours, that should > address the problem of running out of leases. > > *Glen Ferguson* > Phone: 301-732-5165 > Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com <http://mailtog...@coworkfrederick.com> > Website: http://coworkfrederick.com > Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701 > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Alex Hillman < > dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Oh yeah my experience matches Stuart's, the dual band is *much* better. >> >> I thought we could get away with the single band $99-per-unit versions >> when we expanded our initial cover and...yeah, they're just not as good. >> >> Definitely spring for the Pro units - this 3 pack: >> http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Enterprise-System-UAP-PRO-3/dp/B00DJERLFG >> >> >> Or this single unit: >> http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Enterprise-System-AP-Pro-UAP-PRO/dp/B00HXT8T5O/ref=pd_sim_pc_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=1SYSFCBY9V4T4H5TW0P1 >> >> -Alex >> >> >> ------------------ >> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com >> Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast >> >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Stuart Lambert <stu...@cohub.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> +1 to the Unifi recommendation. >>> >>> We found that the dual band versions work far better. It seems a lot of >>> users in the building our space shares are using 2.4Ghz only routers so we >>> have the 5Ghz band to ourself... >>> >>> Something we've bumped into very recently is exhausting the DHCP pool on >>> our router (a Draytek) which only supports 254 DHCP total address, no >>> matter what size subnet you configure. The symptoms are people being unable >>> to connect to the network because there is no spare DHCP address for them. >>> We have one of these on order which will fix this issue, and provide us >>> with better throughput from our network to the internet - >>> http://linitx.com/product/linitx-apu-1d-3nicusbrtc-pfsense-embed-firewall-kit-red/14094 >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, 2 April 2015 14:02:24 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote: >>>> >>>> I've never seen a resource that organizes bandwidth usage that way - >>>> even within our individual respective spaces I think that would be tricky >>>> data to acquire! >>>> >>>> But two things that aren't obvious about Internet usage (and how >>>> bandwidth is just a tiny part of the equation) until you've had >>>> hundreds of people piping through a shared connection every day: >>>> >>>> 1) bandwidth is important, but latency is more important. Without >>>> getting super duper technical, latency is the speed that the network >>>> responds, which is different from how fast files download. >>>> >>>> MOST people spend a lot of their day clicking around the Internet, or >>>> using internet connected apps. With some rare exceptions like game >>>> developers and video editors, the files we move around in our daily work >>>> are relatively small. >>>> >>>> But when the latency is bad - everyone feels it because clicking to >>>> load a page, or refresh email, or live typing on Google docs etc feels like >>>> it has a lag. Our network (internal wireless + gigabit) plus our 50mb >>>> down/10mb up almost always has more than enough bandwidth for 120+ people >>>> working hard every day. And that includes streaming videos, music, etc. >>>> >>>> Where things go haywire is when latency ratchets up. This can happen in >>>> our network because wifi coverage is interrupted, or because our internet >>>> provider is having issues, or most often because someone on the network is >>>> uploading a huge file (offsite backup like a Dropbox sync or uploading a >>>> video to YouTube) and our ISP starts to throttle latency because it thinks >>>> something is wrong. This tool is FOREVER to figure out! >>>> >>>> Our normal network latency is 20-30ms response time from a popular site >>>> like google.com when it goes above 100ms, you start to notice things >>>> slowing down. 200ms and the network feels like it's crawling. >>>> Interestingly, though, you can still download big files quickly they just >>>> take a few extra moments before they start. >>>> >>>> It's a rough experience to explain to people, and they don't care if >>>> it's latency or speed they just want to work. So understanding that more >>>> speed without an improvement in latency is important. >>>> >>>> 2) the network itself is just as important as the Internet connection. >>>> There's been a bunch of great discussions on this list about network design >>>> and what hardware to get before, but Jon Markwell's post sums up the >>>> majority of the best of it: http://jonathanmarkwell. >>>> com/2014/11/22/best-coworking-wifi/ >>>> >>>> We upgraded to the Unifi system that he mentions in this post and it's >>>> been a MASSIVE improvement over everything else we tried. I >>>> heartily endorse this recommendation now from first hand experience! >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Cassidy <bartolomei.contract...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone! >>>>> >>>>> do you recommend any websites or databases for researching average >>>>> data consumption by industry and/or company size? >>>>> >>>>> or do you have any insights to share regarding how your ventures >>>>> provide internet services? >>>>> >>>>> thanks :) >>>>> >>>>> Cassidy >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ------------------ >>>> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >>>> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com >>>> Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast >>>> >>>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/ucIJOeWwQYY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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