In a few weeks, I'll be helping with the technical aspects of a conference. One of the things that participants will need is access to to documents, via a laptop as a document server (set up with MAMP and a PHP/MYSQL site). People will access the documents through an internal wireless network.
My question is how many wireless access points will I need in order to accommodate about 350 devices?
amount of users doesn't regulate how many WAPs you need. WAPs are installed based on signal in a specific area. If you can get all 350 people into the bubble created by one WAP, then you only need one.
What you will need, however, is a DHCP server feeding either a classB or feeding more than one IP scope to cover 350 users. If you have a DHCP scope of 192.168.1.5-254/24, for instance, you can only feed 249 systems.
