Creating a wi if access spot ?

[MehulLakhani]

Hi All

We have a leased line for all our main work/business, which we don't want to touch , I.e. Mess around with

We have a BT business broadband connection, which we use to supply broadband to our conference room. The BT modem is in a hub room, so we have to extend the wireless to the conference room.

We have the BT modem, and the share to a router in the conference room? We have tried various combinations of BT modems, routers, one or two, and then using a net gear modem etc, but it is always problematic.

It works for a few days if it is quiet, or just a few hours if it is busy. It almost seems like when a lot of new people use the facilities , it stops working - I.e. Won't assign an IP address. We have changed the settings so that it release the IP address after 30minutes, and have tried every combination of settings, and routers, but it still fails after a period of time .

When it fails, the wifi does show up when you search for it etc, however you can't make a connection with it. If I go in the hub room, and reset the modem etc then everything is okay, but I can't keep doing this.

Are there any sort of special routers that are designed for public places that can have lots of people use them ? Are we running out of IP addresses ? I am pulling my hair out - any experts in harrow are ? We can pay

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Mehul

 

[MehulLakhani]

Ok, let me get this straight . . . .

I can plug the unifi AP into the back of our BT modem, and it will just work.

I understand that the Unifi will get an IP address from the BT modem, using DHCP.

However, for each user who logs onto the AP, where are the IP addresses generated ? By the unifi AP or by the BT modem ? I have the feeling that in our current setup, the number of IP addresses being pulled off, due to the number of users of the wifi , is causing the DHCP server part of the modem to fall over ? Are they not being released ?

Any help gratefully appreciated

R

Mehul

 

[MehulLakhani]

Hiya

Been reading up lots , but still confused. Can anyone recommend a product, that is easy to setup, and will provide its own IP addresses/DHCP etc, so that I dont have to rely on the BT modem, as I think it fails under the strain. A link would be very helpful to something that would be recommended ?

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mehul