> Depends really what they're trying to do with the connectivity. The > odd bit of web/email ought to be OK, but interactive 3D video might > not if all of them were doing it at once :)
+1 for that. We're a very small school with about 450 students, a 1:1 iPod Touch program, and mandatory daily chapel. That means typically around 400 wifi devices in the same room at the same time sitting in students pockets every morning, most of them still 802.11g. We serve it all off a single access point. The key is that students are really not supposed to be checking the devices during chapel, and so it's almost all just background traffic like push notifications. This would fall apart in a heartbeat if they tried doing anything more complicated. This summer we'll be adding a few access points to the space for when it sees use for other purposes. Joel Coehoorn IT Director 402.363.5603 On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Ian McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > We've been asked to do this before, in a large lecture theatre. In the > event, not that many people tried to use it. > > We deployed 4 on 2.4Ghz G on 1,5,9,13 and then 8 Aps on 5G, auto channel > assignment. > I'm pretty sure you could simply tell your N access points that 2.4G was > "right out" and do similar. > > FWIW, we have large theatres (mostly 350/300 or so), and we provide > connectivity in them using wireless (normally 4 1142N's in the ceiling) and > it appears to work OK, and we don't get whinging. > Depends really what they're trying to do with the connectivity. The odd bit > of web/email ought to be OK, but interactive 3D video might not if all of > them were doing it at once :) > > > Thanks > > -- > ian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Palmer J.D.F. > Sent: 21 April 2011 16:12 > To: [email protected] > 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/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
