Need help with hardware and network design + Few questions

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I need to create a wireless network to support 100 people roughly with continuous use.
I will set out my understanding, and my lack of understanding so the replies on this thread are structured in a way to help me understand what I currently don't.

What I do understand regarding this network setup:

1. I've learned that routers have a hard limit of clients they can handle depending if they are consumer grade or enterprise etc, leading to me needing an enterprise grade router.

2. Because this is a wireless network over about 300m I am in need of multiple Access Points, enterprise-grade as well as they can handle 100 clients.

3. A modem is required with enterprise grade routers since they aren't modem routers.


What I do not understand and hope to be clarified for me:

1. Is an enterprise grade modem required as well for this setup?

2. How do I know which router from say, Ubiquiti to choose that can handle 100 people. There are many options.

3. if no router can handle 100 people, does that mean I need to 'combine' two routers to share the load?

4. If you have multiple access points, such as a
' https://store.ubnt.com/collections/wireless/products/unifi-ac-pro?variant=27263865281 ' connected to a router (wired/wireless) do they balance the load?

Finally, could someone suggest a network setup for me? My understanding leads to:



Modem > router > switch > 2x AP

Thanks! Please answer any questions you can, i am trying very hard to understand these concepts! :)

 
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A router is going to be more limited to how much traffic it can pass than a fixed number of users. There are some consumer routers thought that have artificial limits but most do not There is sorta a limit of about 250 if you do not change the subset mask on the dhcp server. In most cases the internet speed will be your limitation. 100 users are not going to work well on a 10mbps internet connection.

The limits on wireless are much harder to calculate. It is going to depend the number of machines and the amount of traffic each is using. The traffic from simple web browsing is very different than if all the users are streaming hd video. In general the number if about 30 but in high traffic applications it can be as low as...
A router is going to be more limited to how much traffic it can pass than a fixed number of users. There are some consumer routers thought that have artificial limits but most do not There is sorta a limit of about 250 if you do not change the subset mask on the dhcp server. In most cases the internet speed will be your limitation. 100 users are not going to work well on a 10mbps internet connection.

The limits on wireless are much harder to calculate. It is going to depend the number of machines and the amount of traffic each is using. The traffic from simple web browsing is very different than if all the users are streaming hd video. In general the number if about 30 but in high traffic applications it can be as low as 3-5.

Ubiquiti is you best bet. Their AP are controlled by a free central controller software. It to a point can help you to balance the users. It is not magic if all the uses are closer to the first ap it will put them all on that one unless you do something to prevent it.
 
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