Increasing The Number Of Clients Per Connectstation (Standalone Mode) - Sennheiser MobileConnect User Documentation

Client limit per Access point,
ConnectStation radios enabled
50 Both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
radios enabled
100 Both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
radios enabled
100 Only 2.4 GHz radio enabled 50
100 Only 5 GHz radio enabled
Increasing the number of clients per ConnectStati-
on (Standalone Mode)
In order to increase the number of clients per ConnectStation:
▷ Add two or more Access Points via LAN1 (see "Using multiple Access
Points"). This is necessary in order to ensure the quality of the audio. A
single AP cannot provide low latency unicast audio stream to 100 liste-
ners.
▷ Open the Admin Interface of the ConnectStation. Navigate to the Over-
view page and enable 100 clients. A client limit of 25 clients per fre-
quency band and 50 clients per Access Point will be set on all Access
Points. This limit is for both streaming and non-streaming clients.
This setup is not suitable for large venues with unencrypted WiFi as a
lot of mobile devices will attempt to use the WiFi for Internet. This may
prevent the audio listeners from connecting, in case the AP client limit
is reached. In such a case, you could add password protection to the
WiFi, add additional Access Points, or reduce the client limit of the
ConnectStation (which will automatically remove all limits for the Ac-
cess Points).
When choosing the number of Access Points and the client limit, also
consider that there are Android devices that do not support 5 GHz and
can only connect to a 2.4 GHz WiFi.
For optimal audio quality, consider the WiFi deployment recommenda-
tions provided under "WiFi planning".
The client limit of the Access Point is necessary in order to ensure that
an Access Point is not overloaded and can serve all streaming listeners.
A single WiFi channel can support around 50 listeners. Having more lis-
teners on the same band is not advisable. Even for Access Points with
a higher troughout, the data rate is limited by the rate of the slower
communication endpoints, which are the listeners.
Client limits on the ConnectStations and Access Points
►
Client limit per
AP per radio
512 (Ruckus
default)
25
50
Please consider that the introduced Access Point client limit is for both
▷
streaming and non-streaming clients.
In case of an unencrypted WiFi, where a lot of non-streaming clients
may connect, the Access Point client limit can be reached and new cli-
ents may not be able to connect to the WiFi. In such a case, you could
add password protection to the WiFi, add additional Access Points, or
reduce the client limit of the ConnectStation (which will automatically
remove all limits for the Access Points).
When choosing the number of Access Points and the client limit, also
▷
consider that there are Android devices that do not support 5 GHz and
can only connect to a 2.4 GHz WiFi.
▷ For optimal audio quality, please consider the WiFi deployment recom-
mendations provided under "WiFi planning".
Network integration
Client limit Number of AP in
per AP Standalone Mode
512 + 512 >1+
(Ruckus
default)
25 + 25 = 50 >2+
50 >2+
50 >2+
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