Does Cisco have any Access Point devices that support this?

[gtstech]

Does Cisco have any Access Point devices that support this?
Number of devices that can connect at the same time: Up to 512 devices or more

[Mark Elsen · Accepted solution]

  - @gtstech           Ref : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/technical-reference/cw9178i-dg.html#TechnicalSpecifications
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Scale

1200 Clients (400 clients per radio)

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[gtstech]

Does wifi 6 have any access point?

[Mark Elsen]

     - @gtstech           All modern Cisco access points support  Wi-Fi 6

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[Leo Laohoo · Accepted solution]

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@gtstech wrote:

Does Cisco have any Access Point devices that support this?
Number of devices that can connect at the same time: Up to 512 devices or more

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Every time somebody asks me a question like this I have but one answer:  Get a wireless site survey done.  

[Rich R]

And just to be clear - adding that many users to any AP is likely to result in a dreadful user experience unless the devices happen to be ultra low bandwidth devices with absolutely minimal demands on the WiFi (eg some types of IOT devices).  If they're regular clients it will be a disaster.  Hence @Leo Laohoo's reply - a survey will take into account the type of clients and the client requirements.  Get the design done by a qualified professional.  If you try to choose an AP based on the maximum number of clients it supports then you will be explaining the disaster to your manager and/or customer.

[gtstech]

Is there any documentation for the C9100 access point series that publishes the Number of devices that can connect at the same time?

[Mark Elsen]

  - @gtstech      E.g: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/catalyst-9100ax-access-points/nb-06-802-11ax-faq-cte-en.html
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                                 Q.   How many clients per radio does the Catalyst 9124 support?

                                 A.    The Cisco Catalyst 9124 access point supports 200 clients per radio. The dual radios are 2.4GHz (4x4:4) and 5GHz (4x4:4) with another built-in BLE radio that is perfect for IoT deployments. The Catalyst 9124 provides both OFDMA and MU-MIMO support.

  
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[Leo Laohoo]

I have a 3700 in a site that has, from Mondays to Fridays, >110 wireless clients.  

No complaints.  

[JPavonM]

Marketing figures are completely absurd as they are only based in the capacity of the software to allocate a maximum number of users.

The reality is a figure much lower than that, and I have not managed to see more than 45 ACTIVE clients in the same AP and radio without users complaining about low performance or disconnection events. I would say that going above 63 clients (IDLE and ACTIVE at the same time) will make the Wi-Fi network useless due to management and control overhead. Only by upgrading the technology to a coordinated one like LTE will make those ideal scenarios to work.