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Setting up a Wifi for 200 devices

RAJordao
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Setting up a Wifi for 200 devices

Hi,

 

I`m having trouble finding information about Netgear products.

 

I`m trying to set up a Wifi zone in my small business to allow 200 devices to connect simultaneously, however I can`t find wich product(s) would be necessary to do so.

 

Those devices won`t share any information between them, they will only browse the web.

 

Any tips?

 

Rodrigo.

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nmhTester
NETGEAR Expert

Re: Setting up a Wifi for 200 devices

Dear Rodrigo,

 

Thank you for choosing Netgear. We have mutiple products that are perfect value for SMB deployments.

Here is the product selector, that give different Management options.

http://selector.netgear.com/productsearch/FormProductSelector.aspx?categoryid=1003&LanguageCode=en-U...

 

Other points to consider are:

Number of AP to deploy depends on floor plan , per client data rates,  client density  per AP you need.

The exact AP model to buy depends on what kind of management will fit your needs and feature like captive portal/Guest access.

 

Couple of suggestions:

1) WC7500-WAC730 or WAC720 is great combination.

2) WAC730/WAC720 standalone:  v3.7.x supports Facebook wifi, incase you want to drive wifi users to the companie's facebook page.

For  basic deployments,

WAC510 deployed at right places will work too.

Orbi also an alternative option. http://blog.netgear.com/blog/orbi-for-small-business/

 

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DaneA
NETGEAR Employee Retired

Re: Setting up a Wifi for 200 devices

Hi RAJordao,

 

Welcome to the community! 🙂 

 

Here is a network diagram that I suggest:

 

 

From the network diagram above, the modem is connected to the WAN port of the firewall router.  The firewall router that you will use should support VLANs.  You will need to configure VLANs to segregate networks.  For example: you need to separate the Administrator (or Private) network from the Guest network.  A port of the firewall router is connected to a port of the GS110TP smart switch.  The ports connecting the firewall router and the GS110TP should be configured as tagged ports so that it will become a trunk link. Tagging the ports is needed in order to identify which VLAN the packet belongs to. 


The GS110TP smart switch supports VLAN as well as PoE (Power over Ethernet).  A port on the GS110TP is connected to the WAC730 access point.  The ports connecting the GS110TP and the WAC730 should be configured as tagged ports as well because the WAC730 is a VLAN-aware device.  Since the WAC730 also supports VLAN, you can assign a wireless network dedicated to the private network as well as assign a wireless network for the Guest network. 

 

Since the GS110TP supports PoE, it can power on the WAC730 through its ethernet port to where it is connected to.  If the WAC730 is set as a standalone access point just like from the network diagram above, you can connect up to 256 wireless clients.  

 

For more information about the GS110TP smart switch and the WAC730 access point, kindly access the links below:

 

GS110TP Data Sheet

 

WAC730 Data Sheet

 

WAC730 FAQs

 

 

Regards,

 

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

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nmhTester
NETGEAR Expert

Re: Setting up a Wifi for 200 devices

Dear Rodrigo,

 

Thank you for choosing Netgear. We have mutiple products that are perfect value for SMB deployments.

Here is the product selector, that give different Management options.

http://selector.netgear.com/productsearch/FormProductSelector.aspx?categoryid=1003&LanguageCode=en-U...

 

Other points to consider are:

Number of AP to deploy depends on floor plan , per client data rates,  client density  per AP you need.

The exact AP model to buy depends on what kind of management will fit your needs and feature like captive portal/Guest access.

 

Couple of suggestions:

1) WC7500-WAC730 or WAC720 is great combination.

2) WAC730/WAC720 standalone:  v3.7.x supports Facebook wifi, incase you want to drive wifi users to the companie's facebook page.

For  basic deployments,

WAC510 deployed at right places will work too.

Orbi also an alternative option. http://blog.netgear.com/blog/orbi-for-small-business/

 

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