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Pincushion79's avatar
Pincushion79
Aspirant
Oct 24, 2020

Mk62 wifi devices

I keep seeing the mk62 being marketed as being able to support 25+ wifi devices. What is the "+"? I have 45-50 devices and my current nighthawk x8 continuously drops them at random. Please tell me how many devices will it handle proficiently.

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  • NETGEAR routers usually support up to 32 devices per band. You're overloading your router with so many devices connected at it

    • Pincushion79's avatar
      Pincushion79
      Aspirant
      The x8 is triband, even with combining the 2 5ghz bands, it should still support 64 devices. Not sure how that would be overloading my current router.
      • microchip8's avatar
        microchip8
        Master

        Combining bands doesn't make it send out some magical superband.