Wired router for 40 to 50 clients

[battousai831]

hi all, i'm looking for a quality router that would be able to handle 40 to 50 machines accessing the internet. This would be for a LAN event at my school to get us off the schools network during the LAN. Most of the traffic will be on a gigabitswitch for all LAN related activities, but people still browse the web, forget to patch games (so they have to DL a patch) and other random things.

I would be willing to look at consumer, Professional or Consumer Wireless grade.

10/100 should do just fine.
Thanks again.

 

[Pugs_KDC]

you won't get a router with that mmany outlets to

try a smoothwall with managed/ unmanegd switches or similar...

routers are fine for small set ups to allow dhcp to be proppergated but for so many people I would use a smoothwall client box then your switches

 

[battousai831]

Sorry if I was not clear. There will be a switch behind the router. I just need something that will coupe with the bandwidth needed by 40-50 clients.

 

[Pugs_KDC]

so you are using the schools internet connection to do this ???

if so it should be fine to plug the switch into a wall socket then out to the the pc's.... I'm guesisng you have asked or you are the schools IT person and have full permision to do this ?? other wise they may have alot of the download sites blocked for other reasons...

this is how i would do it.. I'm sure they have a fairly decent network back bone like most schools do...

Network socket------cat5e patch lead-------- input on the "master switch"-- then just plug in as normal....

you would only need another router for assigning dhcp which I'm guesing the schools IT department should be doing already

 

[thiggins]

What is the bandwidth of the network that you are connecting the router to? Check the Router Charts. There are consumer routers with > 100 Mbps routing bandwidth.

 

[battousai831]

What is the bandwidth of the network that you are connecting the router to? Check the Router Charts. There are consumer routers with > 100 Mbps routing bandwidth.

I'm not so much worried about the throughput, but the number of connections the router can handle. With 50+ people accessing the internet, i feel as though we could run into a problem, but i could be wrong.

As for the throughput, the connection normally tops out at about 50mb/s

 

[thiggins]

Unless many of your users are trying to download torrents or game online, the routers with >100 Mbps throughput should be able to handle the simultaneous sessions / connections.

My testing tops out at 200 sessions, unfortunately.

If you are really worried, set up a pfsense machine or load DD-WRT or OpenWRT on a compatible router. Those alternate firmwares usually have better session control / monitoring than stock firmware.

 

[battousai831]

Unless many of your users are trying to download torrents or game online, the routers with >100 Mbps throughput should be able to handle the simultaneous sessions / connections.

My testing tops out at 200 sessions, unfortunately.

If you are really worried, set up a pfsense machine or load DD-WRT or OpenWRT on a compatible router. Those alternate firmwares usually have better session control / monitoring than stock firmware.

I really appreciate the advice.

I decided to go with: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124190

a linksys 54g2, the price was right and from what you guys have said, it should work well.

Thanks again