Number of wireless clients per WRT54GL?

[David Munson]

Some additional (and probably excessive) information-

Wikipedia entry on the product line (WRT54G series):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G

The Consolidated Hacking Guide For The Linksys WRT54GL (circuit
diagrams and other good info, possibly useless for this issue):
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/features/howto/consolidated-hacking-guide-linksys-wrt54gl

ITtoolbox Blog entry on the Linksys WRT54GL + DD-WRT software
(software replacement thing):
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/webdesign/php/archives/linksys-wrt54gl-ddwrt-software-15026

No idea of any of this will help, but I'm sure it will tell you more
about the technical specs that you care to know.

On 9/6/07, David Munson <david.munson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael said:
> > no more than roughly 16-20 otherwise you risk overloading available bandwidth.
>
>
> This is pretty dead-on. With a typical data rate of 19-20Mbps (after
> accounting for interference, range, and the alignment of the planets),
> you'd probably want to limit it to around 20 or so, since beyond that
> it tends to be a guessing game. If they're transferring files or need
> it to be dependable, this is probably what you should start with, and
> then you can add more from there to see what the environment will
> allow.
>
> I think that the number of users you could put on a single wireless
> router would depend almost entirely on the signal strength/data rate
> in the environment where the router is located, and the load being put
> on the router.
>
> Forgive me if I'm stating the obvious here, I'm studying for the
> Network+ exam, and I've no idea how much various PLUG members know
> about wireless networking. :)
>