You've signed up for 1000 Mbps fiber optic internet, but when your sales team joins a video call and activates the AI assistant to transcribe the meeting, the connection freezes.
Is it your internet provider's fault? Probably not.
The problem is yourLocal Area Network (LAN). Most offices in Lima still operate with Wi-Fi 5 routers (or worse, the ones 'given for free' by the provider) designed for browsing simple websites, not for the brutal traffic demanded by corporate Artificial Intelligence.
Here we explain why 20 people using Microsoft 365 Copilot or ChatGPT can crash your internal network, and what physical infrastructure you need to prevent it.
1. The Invisible Enemy: 'Micro-Bursts' and Latency
AI bandwidth consumption is not constant like watching Netflix; it's explosive.
- Inference traffic:Every time an employee sends a prompt to Copilot, it generates a heavy HTTPS request that demands low latency (<50ms).
- The 'Semantic Indexing' (What No One Tells You):For Copilot to answer aboutyourfiles, it is constantly scanning and indexing your SharePoint and OneDrive documents in the background. This generates constant 'noise' on the network that saturates old Wi-Fi channels.
If you have 20 employees doing this at the same time, your router collapses due topacket congestion, not from a lack of bandwidth.
2. The Mathematics of Collapse (Wi-Fi 5 vs. Wi-Fi 6)
Imagine your Wi-Fi network as a highway.
- Wi-Fi 5 (Old Standard):It works like a single-lane road. If one user sends data, the other 19 have to wait milliseconds for it to finish. With AI, that queue becomes endless.
- Wi-Fi 6/6E (The Enterprise Solution):It uses a technology calledOFDMA. This allows that 'lane' to be divided into smaller sub-lanes, serving multiple users simultaneously.
The technical diagnosis:If your Access Points (APs) are older than 3 years, it is physically impossible for them to handle real-time AI traffic without generating 'Jitter' (cuts in video calls).
3. Our Solution: Segmentation and QoS
Buying a more expensive router is not enough. To support AI, we implement an intelligent network architecture:
- Priority VLANs:We segregate traffic. Video calls and queries to AI servers go on an 'express lane' (VLAN 10), while YouTube or social media go on the slow lane (VLAN 20).
- Structured Cabling Cat 6A:Wi-Fi is for mobile devices. PCs that process heavy data should be wired. We re-cable your office to guarantee 10Gbps on the internal network, eliminating the wireless bottleneck.
- High-Density Hardware:We install Access Points (like Ubiquiti U6 or Aruba) designed to handle +500 concurrent connections, not the 30 a home router supports.
Conclusion
Implementing AI in your company without preparing your network is like trying to run a Formula 1 car on a dirt road during rush hour. You're going to crash.
Is your internet fast but your network slow?We perform a Wi-Fi heat map and a packet stress test in your office to tell you exactly which equipment you need to upgrade. 👉Schedule your Network Diagnosis and Heat Map here