AP High Density Models

[ciscokid7181]

Dear Folks, 

I have a scenario as follows 

An education sector client needs to have access point in classroom, their requirement is to have video streaming over wireless . There would be around 27 people accessing at the same time. 

Which AP would be appropriate for the situation ? 

2600 , 3500 , 2700 (AC), 3600(AC) 

Regards, 

SID 

[Sandeep Choudhary]

I will suggest you :

3500p or 3700 series AP.

Wireless LAN Design Guide for High Density Client Environments

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/aironet-1250-series/design_guide_c07-693245.html

Regards

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[jmeachum · Accepted solution]

I would not recommend the 3600 with the AC module since the 3700 with integrated AC is available.  In my lab I have seen better performance with the 3700 over the 3500 and the 3500 is a much older model, but Cisco has invested a ton of hours in the 3500 and 3500p to make it the most bug free and stable access point that they have.  This does not mean that they do not have confidence in the other models.  In fact they used the 3702i and 3702e access points a Cisco Live 2014 in SF.

For my own designs I would not hesitate to use the 2600 or 2700 models you suggested in a classroom, but if you were looking at a Cafe, Auditorium, or Gym then I would stick with the 3700 series.

John

[ageralde · Accepted solution]

Hi ciscokid7181,

I suggest you go with the Cisco Aironet 2700 (http://cs.co/9007cBtX) since it's already 802.11ac, it supports 1.3 Gbps rates over a greater range for more capacity and reliability. This will be able to support the number of users accessing at the same time. For further assistance, feel free to message me directly. Hope this helps!:)

Thanks,

Angela (ageralde@cisco.com)

[Abhishek Abhishek]

Yes, please go with Cisco Aironet 2700 series AP as it supports 1.3 Gbps data rates.