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MB8888's avatar
MB8888
Aspirant
Sep 26, 2020

router ac3000 is no longer allowing more than 50 connected devices

Hi All,

 

My netgear AC3000 router is not not allowing more than 50 connected devices, this used to work above that, and now it has suddenly got a limit and devices just time out if they are the unlucky ones that connect after the other ones, once it reaches 50.

 

Is there a way to increase this threshold by configuration setting? 

 

I wonder why it used to work but now doesn't, perhaps a firmware update has lowered the limit?

It should definitely work for above 50 devices as it was before....

 

Help would be appreciated - I searched for a configuration setting but couldn't see anything that looks like that, how can I make it work again so can have more devices?

 

Cheers

Matt

3 Replies

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 26, 2020

    Firmware version?

    Single RBR50 or in combinations with some wired or wireless satellites (RBS50 or outdoor or...?

    Just wireless or mixed wired and wireless?

    DHCP pool exhausted?

    Any indications in the logs?

    • MB8888's avatar
      MB8888
      Aspirant
      Sep 26, 2020

      Hi there!!

      Thanks for your quick response.

      I have 3 routers, below are the firmware  versions, they are all up to date:

      Model NameDevice NameCurrent VersionStatus
      RouterRBR50RBR50V2.5.1.16No new firmware version available.
      SatelliteRBS20Orbi Satellite-2V2.5.1.16No new firmware version available.
      SatelliteRBS50Orbi Satellite-1V2.5.1.16No new firmware version available.

       

      The connection limit of 50 seems to be the total of both wired and wireless.

       

      The DHCP pool still has a lot left as I am using 10.0.0.x and at the moment the highest is 10.0.0.77 - still have all the way up to 255 to go! 

       

      The logs don't show anything unusual, just DHCP refreshes and connections:

      [DHCP IP: 10.0.0.x] to MAC address x:x:x:x:x:x, Sunday, September 27, 2020 14:56:48

      [Access Control] Device xxx with MAC address x:x:x:x:x:x is allowed to access the n, Sunday, September 27, 2020 14:56:48

      [WLAN access allowed] from MAC : x:x:x:x:x:x, Sunday, September 27, 2020 14:56:47

       

      Nothing else apart from that.

       

       

      • CrimpOn's avatar
        CrimpOn
        Guru - Experienced User
        Sep 26, 2020

        What happens if you disable Access Control?  (Just temporarily.  I know there are lots of people who can guess your WiFi password and connect random devices.  But, what the heck, just let them have it for a short time as an experiment.)