RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Classroom wireless WAP counts

2007-12-14 Thread Jon Freeman
Peter - Packet limiting per station/second, but this is backed up with .11e, /p, and /Q functional support. At a higher level, packet limits per SSID are also used to ensure different classes of user are serviced with different levels of resource. The configuration of these options is based on

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Classroom wireless WAP counts

2007-12-14 Thread Peter Redhead
Hi Jon, How do you manage traffic shaping at the edge? Thanks >>> Jon Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/14/2007 12:45 PM >>> Tim, We look at this problem from two perspectives * 1) reducing the number of drops, 2) ensuring maximum capacity per client. The calculation you*re looking at is fa

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Classroom wireless WAP counts

2007-12-14 Thread Jon Freeman
Tim, We look at this problem from two perspectives - 1) reducing the number of drops, 2) ensuring maximum capacity per client. The calculation you're looking at is fairly straightforward - Mbs per user desired = 20Mbs (TCP per channel) / number of users. 20Mbs is used since this is the

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Classroom wireless WAP counts

2007-12-14 Thread Ken Connell
We are currently running a 4-channel plan with Aruba gear and try to max out with 25 clients per radio...I try not to have more than 4 WAPs in any one room because of the channel limitaltions, but we do have a few cases, like a 500 seat lecture hall, where we have 12 WAPs in the room. We let Aru

Classroom wireless WAP counts

2007-12-14 Thread Gruenhagen, Timothy T. Mr.
I am working to develop a rule of thumb number of seats per classroom WAP for our institution. I realize that it is a highly variable ratio depending on what type of applications are being run, size of room, etc. I'm considering 1 WAP per 25- 50 seats. Does anyone have a number they use for