

Wi-Fi Capacity: How Many Active Clients Can an Access Point Really Support?
How many Wi-Fi clients can a single access point really support? The answer isn’t as simple as a number. In real networks, every device competes for the same airtime, and as more clients join, each gets a smaller slice of the pie. In this article, we look at how Wi-Fi capacity actually works — and why adding “just a few more devices” can quickly turn a fast network into a slow one.


The Wi-Fi Test That Passes in the Lab and Fails in the Real World
If you have ever validated a Wi-Fi upgrade in a quiet lab and then spent the next week explaining to users why “everything looks fine on our end,” you already know how this story ends. The lab test measured the PHY at its best. The real network lives and dies by airtime.
This post is for Wi-Fi engineers. It is about understanding why that number collapses at 10:30 AM on a Tuesday, and how to test in a way that predicts what users will actually experience.


