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Re: Whats' a good product for a high-density Wireless network setup?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Fri Jun 19 21:21:09 2015
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:17:46 -0400
To: Sina Owolabi <notify.sina@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 1:57 AM, Sina Owolabi <notify.sina@gmail.com> wrote:
> We are profiling equipment and design for an expected high user density
> network of multiple, close nit, residential/hostel units. Its going to be
> 8-10 buildings with possibly a over 1000 users at any given time.
Hi Sina,
Quick terminology note: "high density" means you want 500+ users in a
conference hall. That's a very different solution space than 1000
users spread across 8 buildings.
High density solutions are concerned with many nodes not stomping on
each other in a small space as users wander about. Yet cables
connecting all the access points together are short and cheap.
Your situation is different. With users spread out, you have less of a
signal stomping problem and more of a signal reach problem through
various construction materials. Cross-building connections are
expensive and few enough users wander between buildings to need to
maintain their IP address when they do.
If you ask your vendors to show you high-density solutions you may not
get what you're looking for.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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