Router/Wifi - How Many Connections Do You Have

paulofessex

I was shocked last night when l realised exactly what we have connected via our router

I have a Belkin Wireless G Plus Mimo Router have VM Broadband package L (10MB) and have the following items accessing the WiFi

x 2 Desk Tops
x 2 Laptops
x 2 Nokia E63's
x 1 Wii
x 1 HP Wifi Printer
x 1 Dual Phone (Skype)

I have the 2 desk tops and the Dual Phone pluged directly into the router, the others are via Wifi.

To think l have the cheek to moan when things seems to be running slow at times

Darksun

Well, in my one bedroom flat shared by two people we have

2x Laptops
1x Desktop
1x X-Box (connected via ethernet)
1x Nintendo Wii
1x Blackberry

Bit shocking to think about it :eek:

I think theoretically the maximum number of devices would be 255, but in practice the router would fall over a die a lot before that just trying to manage connections.

I'd say a home router could handle about a dozen at maximum, but obviously if all the devices are trying to connect to the same internet connection it's going to be slow, since the bandwidth will be divvied up between them (and in practice, most home routers don't do this very well, if one user does something that initiates a lot of connections and high usage, such as torrenting, they are likely to get good download speeds on their torrent but everyone else will slow to a crawl).

devizes18193

we have 3 laptops , 3 ds, and 2 wii. and a ipod touch not on all at once

maxtweenie

1 x desktop
1 x laptop
1 x PS3
1 x Xbox 360
1 x Wii
1 x Archos
1 x Nokia phone (soon to be replaced with HTC Desire)

Luckily, they don't all connect at the same time.

John_Gray

paulofessex wrote: »

I was shocked last night when l realised exactly what we have connected via our router

I have a Belkin Wireless G Plus Mimo Router have VM Broadband package L (10MB) and have the following items accessing the WiFi

x 2 Desk Tops
x 2 Laptops
x 2 Nokia E63's
x 1 Wii
x 1 HP Wifi Printer
x 1 Dual Phone (Skype)

I have the 2 desk tops and the Dual Phone pluged directly into the router, the others are via Wifi.

To think l have the cheek to moan when things seems to be running slow at times

Serves you right for only having a 50 Mbps connection, then!

JasX

5Ghz Network
Apple TV (N)

2.6 Ghz Network
1x Desktop (N-single band unfortunately)
2x Laptops (G,G)
1x Mobile Phone (G)
1x iTouch (G-i think)

Dual Band routers ftw

when are they bringing out dual band PCIe wireless N cards ?

diable

1 Network lLser Printer
1 NAS
1 PS3
1 Blueray Player
1 PC
1 Printer/Scanner WiFi

Used to have 3 other PC's but got rid of 2 and the third I use as a door stop now.
1 MacBook WiFi

oh and I suppose I could hook the TV up to the network as well.

busenbust

Not telling, just in case somebody throttles my bandwidth

:rotfl:

Bikertov

Just make sure all those connections are yours - and not someone hijacking your wireless

Lokolo

4x Desktops
2x Laptops
2x Xboxs

GetRealBabe

Hi

Desktop
Laptop
Netbook
Internet Radio

GRB