JM wrote:
> . . . on limited funds.
>
> 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

BTW - can you get anything besides a T1 ??
Wonder what the cost of the T1 is compared to say DSL or cable ?