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Aspirant

Apr 20, 2017

SMB connection limit

Hello Can anyone tell me whether there is an SMB connection limit for models RN516 and RN102? If so, are they different? Does Netgear have a recommended number of users/connections for each mod...

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paulmt

Aspirant

Apr 21, 2017

Thanks both for your replies.

We're not looking to buy. We actually have several of each models, and we use the RN102s as on-site emergency backups to the RN516s. Early testing seemed to be fine, but recently when switching to the 102 in a genuine emergency situation, the 102 was unable to cope, for reasons that we are still investigating but not yet certain about. Would your opinion be that using a RN102 to serve an office of up to 60 people is feasible?

jak0lantash

Mentor

Apr 21, 2017

paulmt wrote:
Would your opinion be that using a RN102 to serve an office of up to 60 people is feasible?

No and far from it. The RN102 is not build for that type of workload. You will need an RN312 for that.

mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 21, 2017
Or a RN422. The RN422 is the replacement for the RN312 in our lineup.
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Apr 21, 2017
  Netgear suggests 40 simultaneous users (max) with the RN422. That increases to 80 simultaneous users with the RN52x series.
  
  The RN422 should serve, but you might consider the RN524 if the usage is heavy or you expect much growth over the system lifetime.
  
  I'd recommend a 4 bay unit anyway, it gives you more storage expansion later on.
  - paulmt
    Aspirant
    Apr 21, 2017
    StephenB wrote:
    Netgear suggests 40 simultaneous users (max) with the RN422.
    
    Thanks for this. Can you tell me where you're seeing these figures? I'd be interested in checking what Netgear's official recommendations are for all the various models we currently have.
    
    jak0lantash posted some technical specs above which suggested Netgear were saying each unit could cope with 1024 concurrent connections, but as he pointed out, this seems unlikely. You must be looking at different recommendations?