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I help host a LAN several times a year. At our last event, our wireless router kept resetting, we suspect due to the heavy load (roughly 20 high-demand, gaming machines simultaneously pulling traffic). Our connection is 100Mbps / 100Mbps.
After some research into the issue, we think the best solution is to provide two access points for the same connection. My question is, do we need two routers for this? Or would one router and then just an access point suffice? Are there guides to load balance these two? I tried looking on google, but just kept getting directed to companies selling load-balancing hardware.
In general, are we thinking about this the right way?
100Mbps / 100Mbps.
typo? try getting a gigabit router? – Sickest – 2014-02-22T02:42:31.207No, not a typo - we have a local fiber company provide us the connection. It's not the speed of the connection (in fact, we had a decently high-end gigabit router) - it's a load issue on the internal hardware I think... i.e., the CPU on home routers can't handle that many continuously active connections. – ctote – 2014-02-22T02:43:45.913
1You're hosting a LAN party over wireless? Why?!? Just get some quality gigabit switches and run some Ethernet cables. – Christopher N. Boisjoli – 2014-02-22T04:27:19.297
No. People hook up to wireless when they're unable to reach the switches because they didn't bring long enough cords, etc... – ctote – 2014-02-24T03:43:56.777
You're not actually routing the wireless traffic, are you? – Daniel B – 2014-02-24T09:14:25.867
Yes. Certain games require internet access – ctote – 2014-02-24T13:44:29.923