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MoonBlossom
Tutor
Jul 18, 2020

RAX200 with 70 plus network devices

Hi everyone, We have about 70 devices in our home. We have been getting connection issues but the signal from the router is strong. Both 5ghz bands handle about 30 devices. 2ghz band about 10. What do we need to handle these many devices or more?

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    rinthos
    Luminary
    Jul 19, 2020
    MoonBlossom wrote:

    Hi everyone, We have about 70 devices in our home. We have been getting connection issues but the signal from the router is strong. Both 5ghz bands handle about 30 devices. 2ghz band about 10. What do we need to handle these many devices or more?

    So in theory you should be ok with just the number of devices...however if they are all very busy devices you could hit performance issues.  If most are fairly idle then I'd expect no issues.

     

    When you state connection issues can you provide clarification, do all devices get disconnected? Only one band? Only certain devices on one band? You mentioned signal strenght shows strong which is a good thing.

     

    Do you have any 802.11b or 802.11g devices (if it's the 10 devices on the 2.4ghz band) that are getting disconnected?

    Are you in an area with a lot of other WiFi networks?

     

    If you go the the router's debug page, when disconnections are occuring, can you share what the utilization (CPU, Memory, and Flash) data is?

     

    Debug page is: https://RouterIP/debug.htm

    OR: www.routerlogin.net/debug.htm

     

    Thanks