[GRLUG] top-end wireless routers

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 08:38 -0400, Dave Brondsema wrote:
> On 05/27/2011 05:03 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 17:02 -0400, Dave Brondsema wrote:
> >> I'm looking for a good wireless router that is better than
> >> consumer-grade.  Here at The Factory (downtown coworking location) the
> >> wifi routers we've tried haven't been able to hold up under load.  I'd
> >> like to find something that can handle 20-50 clients well.  And of
> >> course each client could have quite a few open connections, some may
> >> stream video, skype, etc.
> > You need a Cisco Aironet.  Although 50 clients is pushing the physical
> > limits of wireless; but some of the Aironet's are dual-band which will
> > help.
> Would 2 access points be better then?  Even when we're well below 50
> clients?

Yes.  Which is why many of the Aironets have multiple transcievers.  But
you may be able to accomplish the same thing with multiple cheaper WAPs
on differing frequencies - how well that works depends on the wireless
NICs (which, of course, you can't really control).


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