We also are a Cisco shop but are looking at Meru after having some other colleges talk about how pleased they are. Here is a video Meru put out showing 500 clients connecting. I have not seen this done nor can I comment on testing procedures in this demo but it is interesting you mentioned 500 and they supposedly did 500.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zfV2o12res Randy Ethridge Network Engineer V Information Services Eastern Illinois University [email protected] Proud to say "I am EIU" EIU THINKS GREEN: Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Palmer J.D.F." <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:11:50 AM Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] High client density WiFi? Hello, I've been posed a tricky question by someone on a planning committee for a new campus building. "...is it actually feasible for 500 simultaneous WiFi connections in a lecture room?" I was hoping that there would be someone that might have experience of answering (or providing a solution to) such a question who could offer some input as to whether this is possible, or how close to the figure of 500 could we realistically achieve with the technology currently available? We are Cisco a site so ideally any solution would need to be one Cisco is capable of delivering, but if there are other vendors that are proven to be able to provide this kind of coverage to good effect, then I'd be glad to hear of your experiences. All the best, Jezz Palmer. ------------------------------------- Jezz Palmer Library & Information Services Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP ------------------------------------- ********** 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/.
