MAX stations per AP

[elvynpena]

How many subscriber stations support Roket M and Bullet M in AP mode?

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello,

That number is highly dependent upon the size of the pipe you have coming in along with a number of other enviromental factor's.

In a clean enviroment and unlimited pipe you can get ~120 with AirMax on.

Thanks,

Mike

[opampca]

Hey,
we have to tell marketing about that...
They still think about 300.. :-)

[rkj]

Hey,
we have to tell marketing about that...
They still think about 300.. :-)

Public safety and utilities metering might be cases where 300 devices are feasible.

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello,

The 300 number described is per tower using 3 or 4 Rocket AP's with 90 - 120 degree sectors.

Thansk,

Mike

[osnet]

75 client per AP it's a pretty fair number 300 / 4 AP in the same tower

I have a tower with 3 AP and around 100 clients and it's a the performance right know it's working good but can be better. So air max will help us a lot with that...

[fanelectronico]

But this number of suscribers are only if they all are M type?? what if i use a bullet M5hp as an AP and for CPEs nanoloco 5?

[WHT]

You can use an AirMax AP, but all advantages will be lost with non-AirMax radios because they don't support polling.

[opampca]

But this number of suscribers are only if they all are M type??

Not necessarily, the number of subscribers really depends on the cpu power of the AP, which stay the same with N, or B/G.
But the speed for each connection will decrease with B/G.

[opampca]

The 300 number described is per tower using 3 or 4 Rocket AP's with 90 - 120 degree sectors.

Mike

Sorry about that, I didn't read the whole thing...
Makes sense !!

Richard

[fanelectronico]

So the botton line its that an AP can only support that number of suscribers only if all of the clients are M Type....that's too bad. I was looking an AP capable to support that many users....

[opampca]

Not necessarily, the number of subscribers really depends on the cpu power of the AP, which stay the same with N, or B/G.
But the speed for each connection will decrease with B/G.

I do not think any tests were ever made under those circumstances yet...we have to wait and see....
These AP has 400Mhz of cpu power which is a lot more than the 180Mhz of the legacy products, so they should accommodate more clients independently of the protocol. On N, they will have faster connections for sure , but not necessarily more subscribers.

[WHT]

The 30 to 35 limit of previous radios was mostly CPU power.

The ability to support over a hundred users is mostly in part because of the polling.

[osnet]

Well that is only depends of TDMA (AirMax) real world functionality! Polling allow more client per sector. Because the actual standard of 802.11X are not design for a lots of client per AP.

That it's why Motorola, Trangol, Waverider and all those out there design his own polling protocols....