When asking about a 'single AP,' it should be noted that not all AP's are equal. Some AP's allow more than one wireless card to be plugged into them (Orinoco, for one) theoretically doubling the number of concurrent connections.
John Hofmann Director of Technical Services Coordinator of Wireless Applications The Center for Information Technology Bethune-Cookman College 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd. Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3099 voice: 386-481-2650 fax: 386-481-2654 Suncom: 8-378-2650 www.cookman.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Rykowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 3:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] User limits on Aironet 340/1200's?? > > > We recently had an occasion of having several users connect > to a single AP, > and at exactly 40 users the AP disassociated all users and > would not allow > any to re-associate. The AP (a 340) had to be restarted. > After restart > about 35 users got associated and all worked fine. I went through our > stats and noticed that the highest number of concurrent users > on a single > AP was about 36 or so. > > The question is, what is the maximum number of users that you > ever had on a > single AP? Also, has anybody found any problems in utilizing > wireless in a > classroom setting, where many users may associate at nearly > the same time? > -- > Mike Rykowski E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Network Planning Analyst Phone: (847) 467-7335 > Northwestern University Fax: (847) 467-5690 > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/memdir/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/memdir/cg/.
