Renay Billiar: depends on the age of the router. if you haven't done so, i would make sure only your devices can log into your network by at minimum defining some sort of authorization, I also would suggest a MAC address restriction. If you have a bunch of people piggy backing off your internet router it isn't a good thing. Log into the interface of the router and review the logs and all settings. Truthfully I have a similar bunch of "equipment" connecting to a 5 year old router with no problems. 5 signal bars, 1400SF/home with basement.I do have one wired PC, but all devices are served ip addresses from the router via DHCP advertisement. Security is the key issue, wireless routers, especially newer broadcast in a wider range. it is important to restrict access to only those systems you want gaining access, not the crack head, pot grower, pedophile, next door.check your router manual for instructions, I would rec, rebooting it, defining a mac address restriction, and def! ining a minimum of WEP2 security....Show more
Tosha Tawney: Disconnects can come from IP address leasing. Basically your router is configured with DHCP where it serves an IP address when requested but an IP address has a lease of generally 24 hours. Another thing is security. Channel hopping, signal refreshing to security swapping features will periodically cause a router to release / refresh each connection in a fraction of a second. However, most devices take this as a full disconnect and lose connection completely. Happens often in some router brands over others, by design.Update your router operating system if needed, verify you have no serious interference from other wireless devices and radios (radio control toys, cordless phones, microwave ovens, etc).Check to see if your networking components offer "persistent" connection options., change DHCP in your router to manual and set an IP at each device (if capable).Your home type routers operate on a class C network! giving you a total of 253 connections so you should not be ov! erloading anything. Although each connection will decrease total speed available but this is a speed issue at that point, not a total number of devices connected issue. If you have a misbehaving network device then it could be causing the others to fall off line by sending huge amounts of bad packets to the router (try operating your network with only one certain device off for a day and see if it improves. If not, swap for another device to be off for a day until you find the culprit - if this is the issue at all,.but may need to be checked at some point none the less).Why not run an Ethernet connection and get more security, faster speeds and less interference? Just remember not to run cables near fluorescent lights, power boxes, etc as interference will surely destroy your signal and or the data on the wire unless you upgrade to shielded cable such as a Shilled Twisted Pair (STP) where as you are most likely using the more affordable and unprotected UTP like most of us! ....Show more
Monroe Rainey: A lot of consumer grade routers are not as stable as they should be under load. The problem is most definitely within your router: simultaneous demands on your internet connection will slow each of them down but you won't get dropped connections to your router as a result of that. Check to make sure you router has adequate ventilation so that it is not overheating, and have a look on the manufacturer's website to see if there is any new firmware available for it. If neither of those work you are basically looking at a new router....Show more
Derick Kinnard: The router isn't the limitation here, it's your WAN connection.
Alvaro Oare: Your client devices with mobility try to establish wireless connectivity even with a very lower or weak signal strength conditions. In this case your Wireless Router is going to be under a load of. Authenticating connection and then dropping the connection again authenticating and dropping. Meanw! hile data packets sent to your devices also sending back acknowledgment! headers again and again for the correction of data errors. Data Errors or Packets Dropped all are due to bad internet broadband, or poor wireless connectivity.These features overload and use resources of your Wireless Router. Your Wireless Router have limited CPU and RAM. So the time your Router is chocked its reboot at auto and you see all devices got disconnected. Solutions:1.Use a high gain external antenna with Router to increase the strength of signal for better coverage2.Disabling acknowledgment frames in router settings can solve the issue a bit. or try to turn off other features you are using inside box of router.3.Another solution is to buy a new Wireless Router from a well known brand like Cisco. These routers never face such problems. Cheap China Made Routers have less and lower quality of resources in some brands. China ship from 30$ to 1000$+ a Wireless Routers. Its our bad luck we are trapped to buy a cheap but very lower quality router witch later create pro! blems in networks. Professional Network People never buy cheap devices for there projects and installation.Very less people know about this problem.Hope this will resolve your problem.Source: A Wireless Geek! Link in Source to my Blog....Show more
Rebeca Mckin: generally about 250. the addressing scheme of most home routers uses a class 'C' address. THis gives out adresses to 252 nodes. Your router probably has a default range limit of about 50 adresses that you can change in the admin tools. (253 is correct I think, I was removing one for the broadcast address, but that is already done in the calculation, thanx) EDIT: Not so sure about that signal strength thing. the signal is sent in all direction regardless of how many receivers there are. They aren't "stealing" strength. THey will use bandwidth however. But the bandwidth they are on is probably 54MB/sec while your internet connection is probably around 1.5 MB/sec. The bottleneck is the ISP, not so much the router.! EDIT: the number of hosts on a router is not so dependent on how many ! access points b/c an AP is in the same address scheme. Only a router can extend the adressing. more APs would actually limit your adressing b/c each AP would need an adress for itself. (I'm sure you didn't expect all this technical stuff, sorry!! I just like to give an accurate answer)...Show more
Betsey Copp: If everything is being used at once, you are most definitely choking the bandwidth. I am assuming that your WIFI connection is the standard residential consumer wireless router or such. Wireless, thought touted by many manufacturer's as being convenient, is not the most reliable in a lot of cases taking into account the number of devices using wireless, obstructions and other household devices generating signal interference such as microwaves, cordless phones on the same or close frequency, electric motors or even florescent lighting. //#...Show more
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