I am stumped. I have been having this wifi problem for the past few month and I am still unable to find what is the problem.
In my office, I have around 50 users. We have 3 wifi APs connected through ethernet cable back to the backbone. So the APs only act as bridge for users to connect to LAN. Out of the 50 users...each APs have around 5-20 connections at one time. Most users have their own cable connection. Some need to use wifi and most of the wifi devices are connection from smartphones and tablets.
However, we keep getting constant complains from users saying the wifi connection is SLOW and frequent DISCONNECTION.
The three APs we have is:
1) Ubiquiti Unifi
2) Linksys WRT54GL (running tomato firmware)
3) Asus RT-N12
Each AP have their own SSID. They do not share same SSID. All running in hybrid mode to allow connections from 802.11a,11b and 11n. All using different non-overlapping channel, 1,6 and 11.
I tried transferring a big file connecting through ubiquiti unifi which is supposedly to be an enterprise grade AP but speed is only at best 2mbit with the AP next to it. When I start using skype video chat, connections becomes crazy bad. Lots of dropped packets with ping. Around 30% packet lost. When connection is idle, I only run ping, connection is a lot more stable. Worst is connection keep getting disconnected.
I have no idea whether this is due to the wifi devices or my setup. Any expert with any idea, please help. Also, wired connection works fine most of the times. No complains from there.
I read about using 5ghz band but does it means the clients also need to be able to run at 5ghz? Does getting a cisco AP will help in this matter?
In my office, I have around 50 users. We have 3 wifi APs connected through ethernet cable back to the backbone. So the APs only act as bridge for users to connect to LAN. Out of the 50 users...each APs have around 5-20 connections at one time. Most users have their own cable connection. Some need to use wifi and most of the wifi devices are connection from smartphones and tablets.
However, we keep getting constant complains from users saying the wifi connection is SLOW and frequent DISCONNECTION.
The three APs we have is:
1) Ubiquiti Unifi
2) Linksys WRT54GL (running tomato firmware)
3) Asus RT-N12
Each AP have their own SSID. They do not share same SSID. All running in hybrid mode to allow connections from 802.11a,11b and 11n. All using different non-overlapping channel, 1,6 and 11.
I tried transferring a big file connecting through ubiquiti unifi which is supposedly to be an enterprise grade AP but speed is only at best 2mbit with the AP next to it. When I start using skype video chat, connections becomes crazy bad. Lots of dropped packets with ping. Around 30% packet lost. When connection is idle, I only run ping, connection is a lot more stable. Worst is connection keep getting disconnected.
I have no idea whether this is due to the wifi devices or my setup. Any expert with any idea, please help. Also, wired connection works fine most of the times. No complains from there.
I read about using 5ghz band but does it means the clients also need to be able to run at 5ghz? Does getting a cisco AP will help in this matter?