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- Apr 26, 2004
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- The Netherlands
Long time, no post..
I'm in need of a little advice. My sister lives in a large student dorm that's been having internet problems as long as they can remember. I went to check, and their current network is a total mess consisting of a giant clusterf- of multiple switches, routers and whatnot strung together. I'd like to help them by fixing the network and wireless in one go.
What I'd like to do is buy a single passive 10/100 switch for the physical connections, and re-do the wireless with two wireless access points (it's a long corridor, one W-AP will not manage), one of which will also serve as router for the cable/DSL internet.
There are at least 15 physical connections but also anywhere between 10-20 mobile phones, laptops etc that want in on the wireless. Finding a cheap 19" passive switch is easy, but I need some advice on a router that can handle this amount of devices.
- Sjaak
I'm in need of a little advice. My sister lives in a large student dorm that's been having internet problems as long as they can remember. I went to check, and their current network is a total mess consisting of a giant clusterf- of multiple switches, routers and whatnot strung together. I'd like to help them by fixing the network and wireless in one go.
What I'd like to do is buy a single passive 10/100 switch for the physical connections, and re-do the wireless with two wireless access points (it's a long corridor, one W-AP will not manage), one of which will also serve as router for the cable/DSL internet.
There are at least 15 physical connections but also anywhere between 10-20 mobile phones, laptops etc that want in on the wireless. Finding a cheap 19" passive switch is easy, but I need some advice on a router that can handle this amount of devices.
- Sjaak