“On a comparison with the Nighthawk unit, it says max connected devices is 12. I currently have 16+ connected devices. In addition, friends and family visit and connect with their devices. Is the 12 devices limit valid?”
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16 max? Really? I don't recall reading that but I can tell you that I much more than that with 4 smart TV's, 4 tablets, 3 smart phones, 8 Sonos Players, 2 laptops, 4 Wireless D-Link Cameras, 2 Apple TVs, 1 Amazon Firestick, 1 Amazon Alexa, 2 Wifi Printers and an Xbox. And likely there are more that Im forgetting. Plus guests use our wifi all the time. Have had this router in place for 2 months now and everything works. Maybe the 16 limit, if real, is accessing the wifi at the same time?
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I imagine that you are not using all of the devices together all the time. Basically the 'max devices' is based on the antennas. Typically, you can have 4 devices per antenna. I would hardwire a couple devices if you can (I use the extender and plug in through the powerline ethernet) and then phones and tablets and rokus etc can go to the wireless. It is also dual band. So some can go on the 5ghz and some can go on the 2.4ghz. I haven't tried it for sure, but I would try it, and if it doesn't work, bring it back.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Check out this explanation: http://superuser.com/questions/721374/are-routers-limited-to-number-of-devices Depending on your ISP capacity and what each device is doing, you COULD experience some delay if you have streaming video or downloads. Otherwise, browsing the web or reading e-mail should be no problem. We have laptops, smart TV, iPhones, iPads and guest networks connected but the ISP connection is 300MB with the Arris 4x16 cable modem without any problems. If the ISP is DSL, performance may suffer due to lack of bandwidth, not excessive connections.
I would recommend:
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.No you can connect more than 12
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