James, we trunk our layer 2 as far as broadcasting allows for. (largest subnet has 950 APs, with peaks of 1000-1300 concurrent users) a /21 is assigned to that huge subnet, no NAT. About 50-60 packets per second of Broadcast. It works with laptops, but we expect smaller devices like Wi-Fi enabled cell phones with small CPUs to choke on that kind of broadcast. This monstruous subnet will be subdivided in the near future based on migration patterns of our population! (~ 510 users per subnet Max)
Philippe Hanset University of Tennessee On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, James Savage wrote: > Hi, > Due to the proliferation of wireless laptops on campus we're rapidly deploying > APs all over campus. We have a number of large lecture halls that could > potentially have >400 concurrent wireless users in the future. Our wireless > subnets have a typical subnet mask of f.f.f.0 allowing 250-ish usable IP > addresses. I'm wondering what others are doing (IP-wise) for high density areas > to accomodate a large number of concurrent users.....VLSM?...etc. > > > ......thanks in advance.......J > > James Savage York University > Senior Com. Tech. 108 Steacie Bldg. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4700 Keele Street > phone: 416-736-2100 ext.22605 Toronto, Ontario > fax: 416-736-5701 M3J 1P3, CANADA > /\ /\ /\ /\ > / \ / \ / \ / \ > \ / \ / \ / > \/ \/ \/ > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group > discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
