On 1/15/12 11:30 , Ken King wrote: > I need to choose a wireless solution for a new office. > > up to 600 devices will connect. most devices are mac books and mobile phones. > > we can see hundreds of access points in close proximity to our new office > space. > > what are the thoughts these days on the best enterprise solution/vendor?
My normal advice is fairly vendor independant. use dual band dual radio APs. 802.11A attenuates much more effectively in residential/commercial construction so the cells are smaller and there's a lot more spectrum... you'll attract all macs, as well as ipads and most enterprise laptops to 802.11a/n Don't run mixed mode in the 2.4ghz band. drop the output power on the 2.4ghz radios to ~30mw, turn off the 802.11b rates, and increase the multicast rate to at least 12Mb/s plan for not more that 50 people per ap (remember the aps have dual radios). if you're going to use 40mhz channels (and n-rates) do so only on 5.8ghz where the map coloring problem is tractable. > Thanks for your replies. > > > Ken King > > > > > >