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BDTECHIES's avatar
BDTECHIES
Aspirant
Aug 17, 2017

How many clients?

In my experience with the Orbi routers: after 4 months of use the routers can't connect to the Internet anymore. I'm not using the Orbi's DHCP but my server's. In the DHCP I have made a specific restriction for his ip address. I have made a replication of my old's Linksys router. If I put the old router, it works well again and that is the solution for now... (we don't have support since it only 90-day support) 600$ for 90-days support seems ridiculous. We opt out of Linksys, we went with Netgear. But now I think I regret it. Enough with the rant...

 

Is there a limitation on the number of clients on the router itself? Since i'm not using his DHCP I don't think it should...

 

I saw other routers especially for entreprise which they clearly state that under their specifications.

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4 Replies

  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
    Aug 21, 2017

    Hello BDTechies

     

    There shouldn't be since you are using it in AP mode and using your own router to handle the DHCP.

     

    DarrenM

    • BDTECHIES's avatar
      BDTECHIES
      Aspirant
      Aug 21, 2017

      Thanks... What I've done is simply a Factory reset and set everything back from scratch. And it works now. I'm still unsure of what caused this and I'm a bit a worried to say the least...

  • Retired_Member's avatar
    Retired_Member
    Aug 21, 2017

    I have over 90 clients on mine, and it was fine, until the 1.11.x release of firmware.