How many devices can be connected to a single Access point?

[TrevorSaldana]

Hello, recently I moved from DAS planing (indoor cellular) to wifi planning and I have a question for Access point user capacity, you see the datasheet says it can handle 250 devices however I talked to many designers and they said most AP can handle between 30-50 devices, now I need to know how many devices I can connect to achieve a target of 8Mbps / device (I need a solid formula to convince my customer) , can you help me?

[Haydn Andrews]

Check out this blog about wireless throughput

http://divdyn.com/wi-fi-throughput/

Has a really good formula

[Leo Laohoo]

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@TrevorSaldana wrote:

I need to know how many devices I can connect to achieve a target of 8Mbps / device (I need a solid formula to convince my customer) , can you help me?

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Get a wireless site survey done properly. 

There are so many factors and variables that can make-or-break a wireless implementation.  

And once a badly designed wireless deployment has been turned on there cost of fixing is about 3.5 times the cost.