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Best Way to Increase WLAN Bandwidth

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JohnDoe2

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I'm doing a job for a small office. Right now, they have too much traffic for the single WRT54G that they're using. They want to stay wireless.

So what would be the faster WLAN setup for 9 clients and 1 server (database) + internet (cable)?

A single Draft-N router, which AFAIK are problematic:

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16833124082
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=530

or

Multiple 802.11g routers? How should the routers be connected to get any significant bandwidth improvement? Should I get two wireless APs instead of using wireless routers to do this?

Any other ideas?
 
what sort of throughput are you seeing? how large are the files being transfered? if anything, get an AP that is actually designed for these scenarios...not a SOHO device.

if you go N, you would need to buy 10+ cards that support it. not worth it IMHO.

wireless isnt a substitute for wired, especially for serving large files off a server. They may WANT to stay wireless, but I want a million dollars. you dont always get what you want.
 
indeed....analyze the traffic and make recommendations. As far as wireless...the BEST solution is Cisco with a WLSE to balance load, provide coverage, and watch for issues/errors, but I doubt that is in your price range.
 
How do you know you don't have enough bandwidth? It could very well be a configuration or noise/interference problem.

Remember, wireless is NOT to be used as a replacement for a 10/100/1000 Base-T network. It is to enhance mobility, not run an entire office off of it for heavy hitting applications.

If you must stick with SOHO gear, then multiple access points doing WDS will balance the clients somewhat depending on location. But in all honesty - change channels and force 802.11G mode only and that could double your performance.
 
Draft is Good for Beer,:beer: not for Wireless or other Networking issues. :thumbsdown:
 
Thanks for everyone's help.

I didn't suspect it was a bandwidth issue, their database vendor's tech support said it was. I think it's probably too many connections on the Linksys that they're using plus a lack of QoS.

I think I'm going to get a wired router, wire the back half of the office to a switch (or another 54g router) and leave the other half on their wrt54g.
 
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