Mix of hardware.... multiple ssid, good walled garden
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I havea mix of hardware left to me by a business partner that screwed me over.
I am wanting to install a mesh mainly for community reasons as i cover 4000 people with my wifi
priorities are
1. good walled garden service as i am trying to inform a diverse audience of information,
2 internet in a box education service,
3sell internet,
4wifi radio as a service
Hardware is diverse,, i'm wanting to know if anyone can suggest hardware to do the above or i should just replace the hardware altogether.
HG 2414d backfire
md 24-12
eoc 2610
eoc 2611p
hg2414sp-120
tlant2409a
pa-24-13
tl-wa5210g
nanostation 2
nanostaion m5
I think you will not be able to support 4,000 clients with a single mesh network.
What you need is a wireless backhaul with local APs wired to the WiFi stations at the edges so you can guarantee a certain bandwidth to each cell. You could then mesh the local cells, but a mesh does not increase the number of clients it can support, it just increases the WLAN coverage. Every AP is becoming saturated at a certain point and a mesh of wireless APs shares the same watermark as a single AP in regard to the maximum number of users and amount of Airtime it can achieve.
