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Posted by JM on May 8, 2008, 11:25 pm
Please log in for more thread options I will try to be concise, while providing adequate info. I handle IT for a property management company that recently took over management of an RV park. This park provides wireless internet for the residents. Currently, the wireless system consists of 3 ez3 APs (http://www.e-zy.net/outdoor/3plus/) mounted on poles at the front, middle, and back of the park, each connected with a cat5e home run that plugs into a 10/100 unmanaged switch that connects to a Linksys WRT54G rev 2 that I flashed with dd-wrt r23 sp2. The internet pipe is a T1 provided by a local LEC. We estimate that during the summer the network will need to support 30-50 users. There are several strategic considerations that need addressing, and the first one in my opinion is bandwidth management. Just in the last 2-3 days we've seen the inernet speed drop to a crawl when one or two users start hogging bandwidth with what appear to be massive downloads. The status tools in the APs showed download/upload ratios on these users in the 20/1 range. I've got to find a way to impose QoS on the network. But a big issue for the company right now is cost, so I have very little budget to work with. So, if possible, I need to use whatever free and low cost solutions I can come up with. Thank you for any assistance. Please let me know what information I've left out. JM | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by ps56k on May 9, 2008, 12:12 am
Please log in for more thread options BTW - can you get anything besides a T1 ?? Wonder what the cost of the T1 is compared to say DSL or cable ? | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by DTC on May 9, 2008, 10:46 am
Please log in for more thread options ps56k wrote:
> BTW - can you get anything besides a T1 ??
> Wonder what the cost of the T1 is compared to say DSL or cable ? DSL has a flat rate pricing (but a TOS prohibiting sharing out your connection). Depending on the speed, its priced generally from $30 to $90 per month for 1.5 Mbps to 10 Mbps. T1 is distance priced. In a large city, it can be had for around $300 per month. But fifty miles from that city, it may cost upwards $600 per month. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by ps56k on May 9, 2008, 12:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options DTC wrote:
> ps56k wrote:
>> BTW - can you get anything besides a T1 ??
>> Wonder what the cost of the T1 is compared to say DSL or cable ? >
> DSL has a flat rate pricing (but a TOS prohibiting sharing out your > connection). Depending on the speed, its priced generally from $30 > to $90 per month for 1.5 Mbps to 10 Mbps. > > T1 is distance priced. In a large city, it can be had for around $300 > per month. But fifty miles from that city, it may cost upwards $600 > per month. that was a specific question for the OP can get in their area, not a generic educational question.... BTW - you might try going to McD's, Starbucks, Panera, etc... and see with a Ping and/or Speedtest to the outside world, what kind of service they are using and "sharing" with their customers. Does it test out as symetrical (T1) or not (DSL/cable). | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by JM on May 11, 2008, 11:44 am
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> DTC wrote:
>> ps56k wrote:
>>> BTW - can you get anything besides a T1 ??
>>> Wonder what the cost of the T1 is compared to say DSL or cable ? >>
>> DSL has a flat rate pricing (but a TOS prohibiting sharing out your >> connection). Depending on the speed, its priced generally from $30 >> to $90 per month for 1.5 Mbps to 10 Mbps. >> >> T1 is distance priced. In a large city, it can be had for around $300 >> per month. But fifty miles from that city, it may cost upwards $600 >> per month. >
> that was a specific question for the OP can get in their area, > not a generic educational question.... > > BTW - you might try going to McD's, Starbucks, Panera, etc... > and see with a Ping and/or Speedtest to the outside world, > what kind of service they are using and "sharing" with their customers. > Does it test out as symetrical (T1) or not (DSL/cable). Good suggestion, thank you. JM | ||||||||||||||||
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>
> I will try to be concise, while providing adequate info.
>
> I handle IT for a property management company that recently took over
> management of an RV park. This park provides wireless internet for
> the residents. Currently, the wireless system consists of 3 ez3 APs
> (http://www.e-zy.net/outdoor/3plus/) mounted on poles at the front,
> middle, and back of the park, each connected with a cat5e home run
> that plugs into a 10/100 unmanaged switch that connects to a Linksys
> WRT54G rev 2 that I flashed with dd-wrt r23 sp2. The internet pipe
> is a T1 provided by a local LEC. We estimate that during the summer
> the network will need to support 30-50 users.
>
> There are several strategic considerations that need addressing, and
> the first one in my opinion is bandwidth management. Just in the
> last 2-3 days we've seen the inernet speed drop to a crawl when one
> or two users start hogging bandwidth with what appear to be massive
> downloads. The status tools in the APs showed download/upload ratios
> on these users in the 20/1 range. I've got to find a way to impose
> QoS on the network.
> But a big issue for the company right now is cost, so I have very
> little budget to work with. So, if possible, I need to use whatever
> free and low cost solutions I can come up with.
>
> Thank you for any assistance. Please let me know what information
> I've left out.
>
> JM