"ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote in message
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> 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 ?
>

This is a good line of thought and it figures into my strategy. Please see
my description in my reply to Jeff below.

Thank you,

JM