Multiple AP's

[MikeOCUK]

I currently have a standard set of equipment I use for this job, but its what ive come up with myself. I ws wondering if anybody who has good knowledge of access points and wifi in general can come up with a different/better solution.

router connected to ISP at 1 side of hotel on bottom floor

All the bottom floor is open, with a few open rooms.(building is approx 30m*25m
The next floor up has 9 rooms, spread out over the same size as bottom floor. with 2 cupboards (used to fit AP's in) 1 on each side of the building.

The top floor is a copy of the 2nd floor.

There is another smaller building (approx 20m * 15m) approx 5 metres away from the main building. This has 1 floor below ground level, and 2 floors above.

All rooms must have sufficient wifi access. |Previously ive used 5 netgear AP's in 'Multi-point' mode connected to a router. however in this case ive estimated i will need 7 AP's. but you cant have more than 5 in Multipoint mode at a time.


Any ideas?

 

[MikeOCUK]

not allowed to use any cables at all. i wanted to put a cable from the router across to the other building, then run an AP off this.
as just_grass suggested thisd was an idea, just seems a waste of access points :-/
i would prefer to split the network a little, as if 1 AP crashed near the router you need to restart them all in sequence of distance away from the router.
Does anybody else have any suggestions?

 

[MikeOCUK]

another fewquestions.
1 - iv been using the WG602v3 previously, and using them in multi-point mode. it seems the new rangemax versions do not support multi-point mode. but i've not bothered ordering any to test them. has anybody else tried the rangemax series AP's?
2- do any of the netgear routers support multipoint mode? so you can use them as part of the same wireless network as your other aps?