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If you're hardwiring them and running them as AP's your only limited by the dhcp limit.
If you're running them wireless, then its more about performance.
A standard extender has to recieve and then retransmit. And it can't do both at once in standard mode. So it takes a 50% throughput hit right off the bat. And it increases latency. Add a 2nd extender and its throughput is down to 25%. Add a 3rd and you're under that 12.5%. Its usually less than the 50/25/12.5 % range because an extender is usually a bit a way from the router so isn't getting full speeds from the start. And so forth with the added ones. That's for daisy chaining.
Start configuration might have better performance but then you can run into issues if you're trying to use the same ssid as the router as the extenders can end up connecting to each other as they're isn't a controller running them.
The tri-band extenders mitigate that somewhat with a band reserved for just the router----extender communication. but it'll still take a little speed hit and latency hit.
I usually recommend that people move to a full mesh system with a controlling router like orbi if they're needing multiple extenders. It'll be more stable, better performing, and is designed to run like that. Not pieced together using a regular router and extenders.
If you're hardwiring them and running them as AP's your only limited by the dhcp limit.
If you're running them wireless, then its more about performance.
A standard extender has to recieve and then retransmit. And it can't do both at once in standard mode. So it takes a 50% throughput hit right off the bat. And it increases latency. Add a 2nd extender and its throughput is down to 25%. Add a 3rd and you're under that 12.5%. Its usually less than the 50/25/12.5 % range because an extender is usually a bit a way from the router so isn't getting full speeds from the start. And so forth with the added ones. That's for daisy chaining.
Start configuration might have better performance but then you can run into issues if you're trying to use the same ssid as the router as the extenders can end up connecting to each other as they're isn't a controller running them.
The tri-band extenders mitigate that somewhat with a band reserved for just the router----extender communication. but it'll still take a little speed hit and latency hit.
I usually recommend that people move to a full mesh system with a controlling router like orbi if they're needing multiple extenders. It'll be more stable, better performing, and is designed to run like that. Not pieced together using a regular router and extenders.
