Hi everyone
I am new to Daniweb but i felt this is the place to ask somebody abt the help i need.
The query is this.
I live in a hostel with 9 floors and we wanted to do a wi-fi
but since my college is not willing to pay an administrator the job of setting up the wi-fi network and administrating it , it comes to us.
We do have a good internet connection (good by the standards here , in russia , its 25Mb/s)
and tht is to be shared by abt 50 users through wi-fi.
I will be using abt 3 routers on each floor considering the locations of the users and all.That should make a total of abt 27 routers sharing a single net connection
how should we go about setting up the network ?!
what are the requirements for the server (which I am told is a necessity over such a large network) ?
so.... how should we go abt it ?!
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Jump to PostYou may not need that many routers...how is the building constructed? Metal, concrete, brick, wood? How are the walls between rooms constructed?
If you use fat client AP architecture, you can avoid the server. Look at Proxim, as their indoor APs have two radios, one at 5.8GHz for backhaul, …
Jump to PostYou wouldn't necessarily need a server, a good network switch would probably do the job (If you could shave a couple routers off of this estimate you could get by with a single 24 port, but you may need to go to a 48.
I think your outline for …
Jump to PostIf it's in your budget allows it get N anyway, it allows futureproofing an also provides better range for existing G devices (not a whole lot better but I noticed about a 20-50% increase in functional range over my previous G router.
I would think that two routers per …
Jump to Postproblem with overlap is multipath. If signals reach the receiver at different times the signal will be degraded, not strengthened.
You can do file sharing but you'd better do a lot of planning beforehand. Limits on the number of users per network segment will be your issue.
Yes, …
Jump to Postis there someplace you can get a primer on all this?
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