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AC2600 and DHCP management
Hi everybody.
I have extended a wifi network in a school, and i have used for that, 4 AC2600, in AP mode, and the modem/router is managing the DHCP.
Everything work fine while there is not to...
PatDen wrote:
Not with simply routers i présume.. ?????Correct. These are generally dedicated SERVERS with many ISP lines coming into them depending on requirements. Think of them as large modems that do DHCP. They are fed by wireless access point/repeaters located in various places.
Coffee shops and other local retail places might use a single router depending on the size of the store, as they might assume less than 250 devices connecting at the same time, but they would more then likely have better routers than your standard run of the mill Residential models. ISP speeds would also likely be higher as well.
The basic problem will always be the number of users at one time and the available bandwidth.
It feels to me like this is begging for a solution based on equipment toward the commerical grade. It sounds like things are being stressed currently and am sure requests/requirements will only increase in a school environment especially since you say your Internet speed is scheduled to be increased.
I have overkilled my home, but things just work. Made up of Ubiquiti Unifi gateway Pro4 with UnfI AP-LR AP's. If you watch Ebay you might pick one up there, that is where I got my gateway.
UNDERSTAND this is a suggestion!
You could start with the Unifi security gateway pro4 and insert it into your existing network in place of the current router/dhcp server. Would give you much more control over dhcp as well as other things. You do have to install a controller application, but it will run on windows. The controller also gives lots of graphs of total bandwidth used, total by application and can drill down to an individual IP address and see what applications are taking how much bandwidth. Does take more effort and knowledge to setup that a consumer grade dumbed down router.
Link to how you would do the swap. https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/236281367-UniFi-USG-How-to-Adopt-a-USG-into-an-Existing-Network
It is certainly a better solution than a usual router, but the school has bought 8 Netgear R7800 to set up its wifi network, and I think the budget is empty now. Then, at first, I have to try to work with the NG routers. But I keep your solution as a possibility of "last chance".
Thaks a lot