[K12OSN] thin client laptops/Asus EEE

[Almquist Burke]

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On Apr 9, 2008, at 2:51 AM, Terrell Prudé Jr. wrote:
> And let's also add that the 54Mb/sec available with 802.11g is  
> *shared* among all the wireless devices that associate with that  
> wireless access point.  Translation:  HUB.  Very bad for LTSP.

	The above is why wireless doesn't scale well. Plus you have the  
security issues.  Sure you CAN try to scale it, but getting the  
"equivalent" performance to a 100mbps wired network means multiple  
high end 802.11N access points. You need WPA, probably with a RADIUS  
server, and enabling that usually entails a performance hit on most  
access points. Hence why you need so many, in addition to the fact  
that wireless is a shared medium and performance drops as you mover  
further away.

	IMHO, the best setup for a school is 6-7 clients per room (plus one  
for the teacher) and lab(s) for when you need one to one.
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