on the wireless network, <br>
i would agree with a 20-25 node limit, but i base my suggestion on the
fact that nodes communicating on the wireless are all in one collision
domain, or all in the same hub environment<br>
<br>
there will be more and more collision on the network as you add more
and more devices, derogating the environment for all devices<br>
<br>
this derogation will not be noticeable for less than 10 nodes, but
after adding 10 plus you will see connectivity start to lag on all<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/30/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jorge Paramo</b> <<a href="mailto:jorge@madspaniard.com">jorge@madspaniard.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Bob Kline said:<br>> A Linksys WRT54G ( 4 wire ports plus wireless ) uses 192.168.1.10[1-4}<br>[snip]<br>> four machines hooked up via wire, how many more machines does it support<br>> as wireless connections?
<br><br>Not exactly sure on the number, but:<br><br>I believe the limit is marked by how high you can configure the DHCP<br>scope. Something to keep in mind is that the wireless is a shared media<br>(i.e. hub); the more clients you allow to associate to the AP, the more
<br>collisions you are going to experience. The unit also has a limit on<br>transfer rates (about 20Mbps for LAN->WAN; WAN->LAN).<br><br>If you are going to use MAC filtering; you are limited to 40 entries.<br>Some of the SOHO devices also have a limit on how many nodes are allowed
<br>through the WAN port; so even though they may be able to see each other on<br>the LAN, not all may have access to teh WAN.<br><br>It is going to depend how you use the network, but I would not use this<br>unit for more than 20-25 PCs...
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