mmmmm...microwaved hu-man. All the better reason not to sit close to the AP, I suppose.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Chuong Dao <c...@sentrilock.com> wrote: > I've setup a fairly large wireless system. The event was at a conference for > about 10K of people. I the test setup went well at my work location. It did > not perform well at the event. Later, I found out that human bodies absorb > signals. You might want to read up on that. > > -CD > > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lopsa.org] On Behalf > Of da...@lang.hm > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2:17 AM > To: LOPSA Discuss List > Subject: [lopsa-discuss] high density wireless > > When attending confrences in past years I have been frustrated at the > quality/reliability of the wireless access. In many cases it's been clear > that the person setting things up did not understand the effects of many > computers in a small area.. > > Well, I now have a chance to show that I can do a better job. > > I believe I have a good handle on managing the RF side of things (set the > access points to low power, use directional antennas to get coverage of the > rooms without overlapping other access points, I have a wifi spectrum > analyser to be able to measure coverage and the effect of the walls, etc) > > However, I can't think of anything particularly special on the IP side of > things that I need to do. I can rate limit individual connections, use > something like packetfence to watch for machines that look like they are > infected and try and isolate them. > > I can police the vendor area with the scanner and ask booths that bring up > their own access points to disable them (a major problem in past years) > > The access points available are a combination of 3com 7760 and WRT54GL > (changing the firmware on the WRT APs is an option), I may buy a couple more, > possibly picking up a couple N capible devices (not for the speed, but for > the extra channels to try and releive the RF congestion) > > Should I try and put smarts in the APs? or just let them be a flat net with > one SSID and do everything at the gateway/DHCP server? > > > > So what am I not thinking of? > > David Lang > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lopsa.org > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lopsa.org > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
