Hi, No, I'm not too concerned with the 50Mb up at the moment - I'll be monitoring this and talking with members and will bump up if needed. It's a small space, so not likely to have more than 15-20 concurrent users.
Cheers, Trevor On 19 September 2018 at 04:29, <xayman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alex - what a goldmine of information and insight. It's so much more > practical to hear from actual operators who understand the clientele and > with experience of running spaces. Thank you very much! > > Unifi swtich - our ISP will be providing enterprise class Cisco or Huawei > routers, will these be compatible with this switch? > > Uifi controller - impressive list of functionalities but does it also > provide individual user access from the APs? not sure what the technical > term is but I'm looking for a solution that allows members to login to the > wireless network with their own individual login and password credentials > over the same network, as opposed to everyone given the same password to > login. Furthermore, does the controller allow for the creation of a captive > portal, say on a Guest wireless network? > > > Trevor - thanks for sharing! Are you concerned with 50mb up being > insufficient, or do you envision the use case for the majority of members > not requiring extra bandwidth? > > On Tuesday, 18 September 2018 21:21:56 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote: >> >> In my experience, 100 mbs up and down *should* be ample for most users. >> 30 people with ~2ish devices each should be fine. >> >> We have 150 down/120 up for over 150 users and *never* run into >> bandwidth issues, even when lots of people are streaming videos, >> downloading large files, doing big dropbox syncs, etc. Actual real world >> usage in our 150 person space shows that that it's a near-zero occurrence >> that more than 1-5 people are large bandwidh users *at the same time. *At >> this moment as I write this email, 6 people are using more than 1 meg per >> second. >> >> That said, even with the exact same setup we used to have *major* issues >> with our old Comcast service, their non-fiber upload speeds are limited and >> more importantly, when you "fill" the upload pipe it can do anything from >> slow the download connection to crash the modem. Go figure. Comcast >> "business class" is pretty terrible. Avoid at all costs. >> >> For the rest of your infrastructure - I'd plan for *more than one* Unifi >> AP. I've got a super detailed outline of our Unifi setup in this other >> thread on the google group >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/rJ7PBY_-Tko/deEmQ6wNBgAJ>. >> These day's I'd recommend going with the AP AC Pro. They're awesome. >> >> That said, every environment is different, but we start to see >> performance degradation when there is more than 30-40 devices on a single >> AP. Two should be good, and help you spread coverage across the space. And >> make sure you follow the mounting instructions! >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 2:26 PM <xaym...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Super new to this and would appreciate some advice. I'm opening up a >>> small space with a capacity of 30 people, including laptops and phones I >>> expect around 60-70 devices at full capacity.I expect to have our CCTV, >>> entry system, POS and printer hooked up to the network at all times. >>> >>> I estimate 90+% of our users to be of the drop-in type, similar to those >>> who work from your local coffee shop or Starbucks. The remaining minority >>> of users will have more demanding needs in terms of their internet speeds. >>> >>> I'm planning on getting an uncontended leased line, with symmetrical >>> speeds of 100mbs on a 100mb circuit and 1 UniFi AP. Do you think this will >>> be sufficient? My research is telling me it's everything ranging from >>> complete overkill to being insufficient (target of 5mbs per person)?? >>> >>> Please also sure your bandwidth and no. of users for comparison. >>> >>> Many thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > 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. > -- Trevor Townsend Aylmer, Quebec CANADA -- 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.
