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35+ devices on home grade wifi router.. need small business solutions

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oneofusjustin

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ok so we have at least 35 devices on our network at work. Our free modem/router combo from FIOS is starting to get overloaded i think. been getting errors on devices. What could i purchase for around $200 to fix this? we have a soild 35mbps fios line that has no bandwidth issues on my PC i download at around 4.3 megabytes a second. Its all the Pads, tablets and laptops that are having issue. So i imagine a new wifi router will be needed. however alot of the devices are cheap tablets so i think im limited to 802.11 g? i just need a worhorse router that can handle 35 devices with low bandwidth needs but can route the data with accuracy and speed. .. budget is limmited to around $200
 
I have a Netgear 3500L flashed with ddwrt. Has about 30 devices possibly more since my vms have bridged/replicated nics. Every ddwrt flashed router I've had has been rock solid. My old linksys w54rtgl was the king, never rebooted and never slowed down
 
what stats do i need to look for in a router that have to do with how many connections it can handle at once? alot of the ones im looking at are expensive because of there range. i need routing processing power but i have no idea how that is determined
 
VirtualLarry said:
Several Unifi "pods" distributed around your location?
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This is what I'd do. The 3 packs are actually fairly cheap too. I'd just put 3 and have a controller VM setup on the same vlan. I think the rule of thumb is to try to not have more than 10 devices per AP. Of course it's not like you have to set each device to their own AP, but by having multiple it will sorta balance out depending where the devices are. Even a single one will handle more devices better than a small home router can. The best part is POE so just make sure the injectors and network equipment (router, switch, modem etc) is UPSed and you have wifi even if the power goes out.
 
oneofusjustin said:
what stats do i need to look for in a router that have to do with how many connections it can handle at once? alot of the ones im looking at are expensive because of there range. i need routing processing power but i have no idea how that is determined
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With you unifi solution you can specify how many can connect per AP. Has zero hand off too now.
 
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