Performance issues when having 33+ interfaces

[CJ]

While I haven't run iperf, I am able to pull 900mbps through my Unifi 6 AP while sitting next to it.  Obviously this drops off as I move away.  I'm using a VLAN for SSID and untagged for the AP itself.  It's on my list to move the AP to a VLAN as well but I haven't gotten that far yet.

Keep in mind that as you add more SSIDs on a single AP that performance will slow down.  I know this is the case with Unifi products and I have to assume others will have a similar experience.

Is there a reason you're running so many VLANs and I prosume SSIDs through so few APs?  If you're just trying to prevent clients from talking to each other you can turn on Client Isolation which would prevent traffic from being shared.  Additionally, by using a managed solution you can have all of your APs hooked to a switch and spread the SSIDs as needed with VLANs.

Regardless, you need a switch, preferably something that will support link aggregation and VLANs.  I would say to look into something with 2.5g ports so that you can avoid bottlenecking your clients but I don't know how many you're planning on having per AP and not every company has 2.5g APs yet.

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

Might be a little offtopic but maybe it's interesting.

While deploying Lancom Access Points, I have also come across the CAPWAP protocol. It's an IP in IP Tunnel, so the Access points are just in a Management VLAN, and share all information through that CAPWAP tunnel with the Access Point Controller. The controller then manages the breakout with a trunk port to all connected VLANs.

I think Sophos uses that protocol for their Access Points too. And Cisco too.

That way you can essentially just have a Firewall, connect a trunk to a switch, then a trunk to the Access Point Controller, and then put your APs anywhere you want without caring about VLANs.