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How many devices / clients can concurrently connect to RBK53 before degradation
How many devices / clients can concurrently connect to RBK53 before degradation, such as ping lagging. I've heard around 40 devices. That would be enough for me if that's the case. Can anyone confirm if that's been their experience?
Further, if I decided to put the Orbi in AP mode and have another router do DHCP and NAT routing, would the bottleneck be the DHCP router, or the Orbi, or both?
I suspect it has more to do with DHCP / NAT where the bottleneck is, but would love to get feedback from people in the community who know about this stuff!
Thanks in advance
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- Here is a good answer on this subject from CrimpOn https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/RBR20-Router-Number-of-connected-devices-possible/m-p/1837806/highlight/true#M78444
I have around 60 devices working just fine.I should point out an error in my earlier response (link above). IP address 192.168.1.250 appears to be "reserved" for Orbi devices themselves. It is used, for example, when using TFTP to force firmware onto a device. So, I think the maximum theoretical number of devices is more like 249.
