Hi Guys, I am looking some advice. We intend to buy 20 pc’s to create a new IT suite in school. The powers at be suggest going wireless and have contacted a business broadband ISP and they can provide a Wireless modem (NETGEAR DG834G Wireless 54Mbps and provide an unlimited 4-6 Mb connection. I have no experience in wireless and was wondering if this is possible. If Wifi(netgear) cards are installed in each of the 20 pc’s would there be bandwidth problems. If say the 20 pc’s are being used and connected to net at the same time would the speed be very slow..(would it run) Any advice Please
You probably won't find internet connection speeds slow, but if wireless is the primary method of network access for the PCs then you may see a performance hit. I have a 54g connection, and when transferring files via FTP over my network, I get about 1mb/sec. If you're going to be transferring large files frequently, wireless may not be the best option. However, for an internet connection it should be fine.
Yes the 20 units would be in the one room. It is just internet access and printing we need. Would it be better use to buy a switch and connect them up.?? Is it just a matter of connecting cable from the router to the switch??
