Palo Alto Networks kit is supposedly very good at nailing down that stuff. Last I checked they could specifically block different functions of facebook (chat, adding photos, etc). Looks pretty neat, although I haven't used it yet.<div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Graeme Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gallen@mytelecom.com.au" target="_blank">gallen@mytelecom.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On this topic, what are you going to use to restrict access to just<br>
Facebook (given that using IP addresses to pin "Facebook" down is pretty<br>
useless)?<br>
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On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 16:28 +1100, Martin Visser wrote:<br>
> Qui,<br>
><br>
><br>
> As has been said by others, 40 maybe 50 is a good limit. Of course if<br>
> you can restrict what clients are doing with the service either<br>
> through bandwidth control, or by DNS or IP Address, you can probably<br>
> go more. Even then, Facebook chat or simple wall updates, are a whole<br>
> lot different from peeps uploading their 2MB photos or their 20MB<br>
> videos to Facebook. Of course if you have 1000 users in one area, then<br>
> you will want those 20 or so APs to managed by a controller - this<br>
> will ensure more even usage of the available bandwidth. Also having<br>
> dual-radios (2.4 and 5G) in your APs will help. Some of the wireless<br>
> controllers (I know HP does) can steer associations to one band or the<br>
> other (HP does it by delaying the less preferred one long enough).<br>
> Regards, Martin<br>
><br>
> <a href="mailto:MartinVisser99@gmail.com">MartinVisser99@gmail.com</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 26 October 2012 13:10, Qui Le <<a href="mailto:QLe@sydneyoperahouse.com">QLe@sydneyoperahouse.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi All,<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> We have a request for providing wifi accesses to a large<br>
> number of users say 1000 users mainly using social application<br>
> such as , facebook , twitter etc.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Just wondering if anyone could advise what is the maximum<br>
> users can a Cisco AP Wifi air-lap1142N can support.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> And what is acceptable bandwidth to support 1000 users.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> QL<br>
><br>
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