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What is the limiting factor for the number of connected devices?
I have an RBR750 with two satellites. Currently I have about 50 total devices connected (phones, computers, printers, TVs, IoT devices, etc.... It all adds up fast!) and I'm noticing that some of the...
CrimpOn - The 40 device limit is on the main netgear home page, in the brief description of each current Orbi system. It's also on the specific product page, in the main product summary text: https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/rbk753/
With prior routers, I've always assumed the limit was available IP addresses on the subnet, like you said. But until a recent "smart home" buying spree, I'd never really had more than 30 or so devices regularly connected. So I figured maybe I missed something with regard to what WiFi can support, or what can reasonably be expected of residential routers with limited processors and memory.
ChadHadsell wrote:
CrimpOn - The 40 device limit is on the main netgear home page, in the brief description of each current Orbi system. It's also on the specific product page, in the main product summary text: https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/rbk753/
Absolutely correct, "for over 40 devices", plain as day. More impressive than "over 20 devices", which one would think is also correct.
Marketing literature is always amazing (to me).
A couple of years ago, there was a post on the forum from someone who claimed to have over 120 devices on the original Orbi. Surely the number of "devices" a WiFi system can accomodate must have some relationship to the usage these devices impose on the system and on the WiFi channel capacity. 100 smart plugs that together do not send 1mb of data a week is a lot different than 20 laptops playing World of Stupidity (or whatever).
My money is still on the Orbi firmware issues, not the hardware.