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Wifi for a 1000 users
I need some advice.
Here's the situation.
I work at a campground and I've been put in charge of the wifi. Not because I'm qualified. More because I like computers, so I got the job...
We currently have a very limited bandwidth (24mbit ADSL), but everything is setup for 1gbit fiber which already has been installed, but not yet put in use.
To provide the wifi to the grounds, we use a Ruckus Zone Director 1200 and three switches (connected by fiber cable) connected to 2 access points each (total 6 AP).
This setup has not been working that well with the ADSL. Partly because of the bandwidth and the copper wires on the island of Öland, but mainly because of a poorly setup router. When I say poorly, I mean it was unboxed, plugged in and left alone...
We've basically been providing 1000 guests with less than 255 IP-addresses...
Our ADSL provider gave us the old 24mbit router and now, when it's time for fiber, it needs to be exchanged for something better and while I'm at it, I thought I may as well set it up properly so all our guests could take advantage of the wifi at once without being kicked of the network all the time...
As kind of a band-aid, I'll be installing a consumer grade gbit router on Monday to get the fiber up and running, but before midsummer, I probably need to have a proper solution in place.
Or do I?
Could a consumer grade router provide 1000 IP-addresses in a stable fashion without throwing users of the network or bottlenecking our fiber?
What would you suggest?
The Ruckus appliance has built in DHCP capabilities, but the company that sells them here in Sweden does not recommend "using a wifi controller as a DHCP server", for some reason...
I kind of doubt it would work any worse than the run of the mill d-link router I'm about to plug in, but what do I know?!
Anyone with experience from running the Ruckus Zone Director 1200 without a "proper" router/DHCP server?
I've been reading up on DHCP server configurations, and as far as I understand it, I could pretty much use any computer with dual Ethernet as a DHCP server and firewall. Or am I missing something?
We were quoted $1000 for a dedicated DHCP/firewall from the ones who sold us the Ruckus... It felt a bit steep...
As I wrote in the beginning. I need some advice here before I spend more than the $75 for the router.
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Last edited by Hiatus; 23 Mar 2019 at 17:05.