Temporary Network setup to use VPN's for meeting


  1. Posts : 232
    Win 10 Ver 1903
       #1

    Temporary Network setup to use VPN's for meeting


    I wondered if anyone could offer a better way. Or at confirm that this arrangement will work as we have it.
    For a one-time meeting off site, we need to connect about 25-30 people to the internet with enough access to run their VPN's connected back to the main office for access to various documents.

    The amount of bandwidth available is from a fiber feed showing about 25 down /25 up Mbps connected to a dedicated Netgear Nighthawk Gigabit router providing both a 2.4 and 5 Ghz WiFi signal. Everyone will be in a single room no more than 50-60 ft from the router.

    Some people are concerned that this arrangement might not provide enough access to support that individual laptops many with each of them running a VPN back to the office for minor file access. The files are all small with nothing larger than 3-4 page documents.

    I checked with a few local Motels to see what they use to provide WiFi for all their guests. The worst case i found worked using only a 20 down / 5 up supply feeding the WiFi for the whole Motel. Based on that and other info I read: I dont think we will have any problems .

    To appease the few naysayers, I agreed to post this question to see if anyone could tell me that they had done this successfully with anything similar to this arrangement.
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  2. Posts : 30,192
    Windows 11 Pro x64 Version 23H2
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    I would ensure the group doesn't all sign into one SSID. Spread them out, with the 2.4GHz being the users furthest from router.

    I use to conduct a class with 12 - 15 users and I brought in some spare routers just to created multiple SSID's. Wasn't using a state of the art router and it just couldn't handle the load when we all tried to go to web address. Each router was its own range, 192.168.1.xxx, 192.168.2.xxx and I hardwired the routers. Nor sure if file sharing or printing involved, I didn't have to cross that bridge.

    Once load was distributed everything was fine.
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  3. Posts : 11,247
    Windows / Linux : Arch Linux
       #3

    Hi there

    @questorfla

    what about one of those portable routers -- set up the SSID from the main network and you are in business -- those portable router things are quite brilliant -- I often use them in Hotels etc when I need to have a meeting say with 5 / 6 people - while the hotel wifi usually only allows 1 connection per room. If I connect with the portable router -- problem solved !!!

    Hotel thinks I've just the 1 connection (the router device) . The meeting participants now logon to the SSID from the portable router -- brilliant piece of kit --you need to have decent fast internet of course in the Hotel / business --and some of the better / newer portable routers will also have a LAN connection so if there's a cable fibre option in the hotel --even better.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  4. Posts : 8,111
    windows 10
       #4

    Using anyone with a mobile phone who can run a hot spot so you have multi connections
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