[GRLUG] Linksys ports

[kyle victor]

on the wireless network,
i would agree with a 20-25 node limit, but i base my suggestion on the fact
that nodes communicating on the wireless are all in one collision domain, or
all in the same hub environment

there will be more and more collision on the network as you add more and
more devices, derogating the environment for all devices

this derogation will not be noticeable for less than 10 nodes, but after
adding 10 plus you will see connectivity start to lag on all




On 1/30/06, Jorge Paramo <jorge at madspaniard.com> wrote:
>
> Bob Kline said:
> >  A Linksys WRT54G ( 4 wire ports plus wireless ) uses 192.168.1.10[1-4}
> [snip]
> >  four machines hooked up via wire,  how many more machines does it
> support
> >  as wireless connections?
>
> Not exactly sure on the number, but:
>
> I believe the limit is marked by how high you can configure the DHCP
> scope.  Something to keep in mind is that the wireless is a shared media
> (i.e. hub); the more clients you allow to associate to the AP, the more
> collisions you are going to experience. The unit also has a limit on
> transfer rates (about 20Mbps for LAN->WAN; WAN->LAN).
>
> If you are going to use MAC filtering; you are limited to 40 entries.
> Some of the SOHO devices also have a limit on how many nodes are allowed
> through the WAN port; so even though they may be able to see each other on
> the LAN, not all may have access to teh WAN.
>
> It is going to depend how you use the network, but I would not use this
> unit for more than 20-25 PCs...
>
> jpv
>
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