[GRLUG] Linksys ports

[Jorge Paramo]

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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