How Many Clients

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hello,

I would like to know how many clients will the rb230 handle. Thinking about using this for my Wisp… I have a MT server allready but I use third party equipment for the wireless sections. Meaning a PC 2.8gig with 1gig ram is my main server, than I connect third party aps to my MT ethernet slots. The problem is that I cant do WDS with my third party equipment and would like to change it to rb230s. So just wodering how many users can it handle?


thanks

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Ah! A philosophical one!

How many fish can live in an ocean?

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According to what is advertised the driver can handle 2007 users but the quality of service would probably be unsatisfactory long before you reach 1/40th of that amount. But then again, perhaps you’re only providing a wireless ntp service and as such it could perceivably be performing acceptable. Then again, maybe not.

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So,

How many users do you recommend?

Simple question, can you give a simple answer?

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There really is no simple answer for your simple question.
I wouldn’t recommend more than 20 on any 802.11a radio, even if it had the best cpu in the world. But i’m pretty sure an RB230 can do quite a bit more, it all depends on the quality of the service you wish to offer.

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Thanks,

With this info I can make a decision

Thanks

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We hold ourselves to a strict upper limit of 40 stations per radio, with a preferred limit of 30.