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Max how many Mac Filtering Allowed?(RBS50)
Hello My company wants to purchase a wireless router dedicated to mesh Wi-Fi.(RBS50)
My company uses 170 devices.
Max how many Mac Filtering Allowed?(RBS50)
Thank you
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Id look into Orbi Pro and ask about this there. Pro is the business class version of Orbi. Orbi AC and AX is the home class which may have limited features that Pro does:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-Pro-WiFi-for-Small-Business/bd-p/en-business-orbi-pro
Good Luck
rhkdaudqnr87 wrote:Hello My company wants to purchase a wireless router dedicated to mesh Wi-Fi.(RBS50)
My company uses 170 devices.
Max how many Mac Filtering Allowed?(RBS50)
The largest Orbi network I can recall someone mentioning on the forum was about 110 devices, most of which were "smart plugs", light bulbs and other "Internet of Things" (IoT) devices. I can guarantee that the IP assignment table cannot possibly be larger than about 250, because the IP subnet is a "Class C" (255.255.255.0).
I share FURRYe38 's concern about expecting a "home WiFi system" to fulfill corporate needs. People do mention installing Orbi's "at the office", which turns out to be a small business of under 10 people. 170 devices could mean so many different things. The "Pro" Orbi is exactly the same physical hardware as the residential Orbi, but has several firmware features that are different than the residential product. (such as native support for separate SSID's for administration of the Orbi, Employees, and Guests) and a different selection of satellites (made to be mounted on the ceiling, for example https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/orbi/SRC60.pdf ).
As 2021 is fast approaching, I would look more toward the Orbi WiFi6 Pro product:
https://www.netgear.com/business/wifi/mesh/sxk80
When we install WiFi systems at home, we come to depend on them and get pretty frustrated when "something goes wrong" and we realize that Netgear provides only 90 days of "complimentary support" with the purchase. In a business, there is more at stake than kids who can't Zoom their online classes and having trouble working from home. The entire business can grind to a halt. Orbi "business products" have support options that the residential line lacks. There are costs for support, but then the lights aren't exactly free, either.
You were hoping for an answer to a simple question. Sorry.
