How many clients can associate to the AP model AIR-LAP1242AG-A-K9 ?

[Juan Ibañez]

How many clients can associate to the AP model AIR-LAP1242AG-A-K9 ?

this ap have 104 associated!!!!! this device is collapsed.

[kcnajaf]

Hi Juan,

Having 104 clients doesn't mean AP is collapsed :-)

Even though 104 clients looks way too high, the AP performance mainly depends on how many data streams or flows are actually happening and what the data type is...

So for example if these 104 clients are communicating only web traffic at random interval then the AP should be able to handle this traffic. But if 5 to 8 cleints are using video then 10 to 15 wireless clients itself will be a too much ask for AP on a "G" radio.

Hope that helps.

Regards

Najaf

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[Scott Fella]

Just to add... The ap itself can accept up to 254 IIRC. This doesn't mean that you should go this high. Bottom line is that wireless is half duplex and can be compared to a hub. Yes a hub and not a switch. Only one device can tx at a time. If you search the forum, the rule of thumb is 25 clients per AP. now like Najaf mentioned, it depends on the applications that are using your wireless. I had a client that required a 3GB video file to be uploaded to an FTP server in 30 min or less... Well after testing, it was 4-5 clients per AP.

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[Amjad Abdullah]

You broke my record. I had an ap with same model with 9x clients.
It was working fine since usres were only connected for simple web navigation and they were idle most of the time.

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[Operador NOC Entercs]

Hello engineers!

I would like to know if any of you know some Cisco official document that could contain a standard recommendation of the maximum users supported for this same AP model.

Thank you and regards!

Iván

[Leo Laohoo]

I would like to know if any of you know some Cisco official document that could contain a standard recommendation of the maximum users supported for this same AP model.

Funny you should ask that because you're not the first person to ask this question.

The answer:  No there is no such document. 

[Operador NOC Entercs]

Anyway, thank you very much, I think I will need to make an estimation based of the traffic of my network.

Best regards!

Iván

[Leo Laohoo]

Anyway, thank you very much, I think I will need to make an estimation based of the traffic of my network.

Get a wireless site survey done for better results.

[Operador NOC Entercs]

You are right, I will planning to do that.

Thank you Leo.

Regards!

Iván

[Leo Laohoo]

Thanks Ivan.