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Wireless LANs Face Huge Scaling Challenges
BobB writes with this excerpt from NetworkWorld:
"Early WLANs focused on growing the number of access points to cover a given area. But today, many wireless administrators are focusing more attention on scaling capacity to address a surge in end users and the multimedia content they consume (this is particularly being seen at universities). Supporting this involves everything from rethinking DNS infrastructure to developing a deeper understanding of what access points can handle. And 802.11n is no silver bullet, warn those building big wireless networks. 'These scaling issues are becoming more and more apparent where lots of folks show up and you need to make things happen,' says the former IT director for a big Ivy League campus."
I'm the first to admit my knowledge on this is limited...
I read /. in the vain attempt to learn stuff that my piss-poor university neglected to teach me!
Congrats guys, you're all honourary lecturers!
Now keep talking, I'm trying to take notes here!
I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was going blame you for it!
...we're having the same issues we did when we stopped using dialup and moved to broadband?
We're having the same problem we had before we moved away from sparkgap transmitters.
Yes. Get the hell out of my 2.4 range.
~ HAM Radio guy
(those astrofolks enjoyed it as well).