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paulmt
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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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's avatar
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?

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