How many laptops to a wireless AP?

[Ben Scott]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Alan Johnson <alan at datdec.com> wrote:
>> Quality of the equipment makes a huge difference.
>
> This used to be very true in the 11b days ....

  I can't speak as to the accuracy of the discussions, but they have
been much more recent than that, up to and including within the past
12 months.  Given that I've personally seen LinkSys's stuff crap out
under a 20 person load on *Ethernet* (let alone wireless), I have no
trouble believing that a $500 AP does better than a $50 one.

  This isn't intended as a dig against LinkSys.  It's designed for the
SOHO environment.  Using it for more is abusing the design; one can't
complain at that point.  Not that my then-client understood that;
hence the reason I have first-hand experience....

-- Ben