davis1021

thanks jamo. the engineer wasn't too sure a managed system would help? he spoke of a controller to go in the switch rack but thought the wireless shouldnt need it. you think i should try getting the dhcp to work using the server instead of each AP? think i might get another company to come in and have a look

just a quick update on this problem. had an engineer visit the site from a local network specialist and he did a site survey. he found that the site itself is fine (building material and such) and that the wireless range and speeds were fine. conclusion was he didn't have a proper answer and he is contacting 3com to see what they say. I am still sceptical I have the AP's set up correctly, the engineer said i did but... the 6 AP's are set to access point mode and they are each running DHCP as I cant get the clients to pick up DHCP from the server through the AP. now I'm not sure whether this is right or would something like repeater mode or multi-point mode be better? Driving me mad!!!

its about 12 rooms on 2 floors, 6 down 6 up in a long row. any guestimates on approx price?

think its gonna have to be a managed network, there's not enough network points in the rooms to go down the multiple AP's per room route

looks like im pretty much resigned to a managed network. what is it that makes the key difference between managed and unmanaged in terms of capability and clients connecting?

if 2 AP's were next to each other with the same channel but different SSID would that be ok or still conflict?

thanks but im pretty sure the school wouldnt go for the cost of them. is there any way i could use the existing AP's?

AP's are Edimax EW-7416APn V2

I provide support to a Primary school who are having problems with their wireless. When a class is logging on (appox 20-30 laptops) around 5-10 are having issues with the network. This tends to be mainly not having shares/redirected folders etc. After a quick look yesterday i noticed the AP's were only accepting 8 clients each. So the class using the laptops at the time had 8 clients on 2x AP's and 5 on another with the rest dropping out. I dont know if it's a case of simply re-configuring the AP's or something? They are set to AP mode but there is also repeater mode, multi-point mode etc etc. also, not sure if it may be channel setup too? any help would be great