“What is the maximum device limit for this device? I have the old Archer C9 and between 20 devices (IoT, phones, laptops + tv and game consoles) and and it really struggles with throughput of data, even when next to router.”
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To define a device limit is rather difficult. The better question is the amount of bandwidth which is available and the amount of bandwidth (throughput as you call it) which is consumed by your devices. Having 20 devices which all require a lot of bandwidth (TVs, game consoles, and potentially laptops) will throttle everything. There are ways to set this up and limit some bandwidth to some devices and have no limits on others which might help your situation. Your bottleneck could also be on the internet side of this router (if it is connected directly to your internet connection) or any other routers between there and the internet. Try to disconnect you different devices and then connect some and run speed test on each laptop simultaneously as you connect one or more. I believe that most TVs also allow direct connection to the internet and you could run the speed test on it/them simultaneously as well. Not sure what you define as an IOT, but the details there could also explain some issues (are there any servers serving the internet in your house? That could be a terrible bandwidth hog as well. Personally, I have no problems with bandwidth but I only have 4 computers and 2 TVs on it and one of those TVs is hard wired (not WiFi) and I have no bandwidth issues from this device.
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