I’m using TMobile Cellspot router with 200Mbps download / 15Mbps upload speed.
Currently total about 30-40 devices online. In recently months, we have noticed random wifi drop issue, most of time it recovered itself in a few seconds to less than 1 minutes. Very annoying when there is online meeting/game etc. Is it possible that the router is not strong enough for support this many of devices?
What router are you using and how many devices it can support?
Thanks.
Ipfire (www.ipfire.org) running on a small 4 port celeron w/4 core’s.
I’m guessing it can support many hundreds of Ip’s.
I currently have approximately 150 or so ip’s being served.
EdgerouterX. I’m getting close to 200 IPs without any issues.
I had some old tp-links with single radios, 2.4 and 5ghz running open wrt or ddrt (or what it is called)
I found above 10 devices and the WiFi really started to slow and drop out.
Saved up some money and got a unifi ap, not really had any issues since ( I say really as sometimes it just goes funny, and drops all 2.4 GHz traffic)
Im using a Asus GT-AX-11000 a perfect working router. Design is 
but its so strong signal.
Have VPN Client option so add my provider and route some devices via this VPN connection.
VPN Provider have NAT Routing, so some ports are open and can access my devices.
A lot of people here are confusing ‘router’ with ‘router/modem/wifi router combo box’, which is admittedly called a ‘router’ by many.
The biggest problem with these devices is the wifi router. They tend to top out at 30-40 clients max.
If you want rock solid performance and you are starting to accumulate many devices, ditch the combo box and invest in a separate router, PoE switch(es) and wifi access point(s).
How many devices it can support? Is it easy to add additional AP node (existing old router such as ac68u) if needed? Mainly to support some outdoor devices such as camera and wifi plugs/bulbs.
The max I don’t know. It have 8 antennas. At this moment I have 26 devices connected wireless to it
Here a review about the router:
My gateway/firewall/router/NAT-box/dhcpd is a raspberry pi 4 with ssd. It is not responsible for WiFi though. Wifi is done by two access points (cheap TP-Link models with OpenWRT). Number of hosts served has never been a problem for me, probably around 50 hosts active all in all at any time (from Shelly WiFi switches to notebooks and mobile phones).
@ausserirdischegesund Is the Rpi4 ok for gigabit trafic routing ?
I mean, it is able to do gigabit, but as it is acting as a gateway, you have probably added at least a second NIC. Is is done over USB ?
Sadly I do not have gigabit speeds towards the internet, but a measly 30Mbit (or so).
I have added a second NIC via USB adapter. It is probably good for below 500 Mibt with some simple netfilter rules, but that is more than I need at the moment, and by the time I get gigabit, I’ll probably have bought the Raspberry Pi 7+ (or whatever it will be called then).
You are right. I do have separate modem, but router and wifi are together. Not really familiar with those so still prefer simple solution.
If wifi router tends to top 30-40, will those mesh wifi router perform better since we can easily add additional node? This is from eero support page: “One eero can support up to 128 devices (you read that right). That’s one very connected home. However, if those devices are heavily using the Internet for activities like streaming video, you’ll probably see best results using up to 30 devices with each eero.”
Yeah the Unifi AP AC Lite wifi access points I use are supposed to support 250+ clients (each, I have 4). Which is probably doable with IoT clients but streaming video to each client?
Ghed-outa-here. Pure marketing hype.
yes streaming/gaming are only limited devices, and concurrent less than 5. plus sometimes look at cameras. majority are wifi smart devices that don’t have many traffic at all. if going unifi, do I need purchase one router and one ap? could you please post links? Thanks.
You could do, but if your only having WiFi issues I would only buy a access point, and then switch the one on your ISP device.
I’ve not tried their firewall or switches.
Have a read and a watch of reviews as the unifi products require a machine/cloud key to manage them and maybe a bit much for you (not knowing your knowledge level)
Sorry I am not sure I follow you. Currently I have one modem, and one router+wifi, do you mean I just need buy one unifi AP to replace my current router+wifi?
I think it’s more that you can connect 250+ client at the same time, not use 250+ clients at the same time 
I have a lite too and a pro. The funny thing is the pro can handle 1300mbit/s over 5ghz. But that only means you could get 650mbit/s transfer to another wifi device and max 1000mbit/s to a wired device (or the internet) because it has only a gbit/s Ethernet connection. Speaking of marketing. 
They don’t need a cloud key anymore. They have made a way to do some direct configuration via the mobile app.
And it is an add-on in supervisor, so pretty easy to get either way.
Unifi gear is great.
I started off with just a single UAP-AC-Lite at home in Sep 2017 connected to my crappy Belkin ADSL router, taking over its wifi function and allowing for more central placement in the house. Immediate benefits: I could successfully maintain a connection all day with my work VPN when working from home, wheras the Belkin would drop the line several times a day. This was all set up via the mobile app in a few minutes and needed no further fiddling.
Since then, I’ve expanded a bit: we got fibre broadband (FTTC) and the Belkin got swapped out for a BT Openreach Huawei modem. I now have a Unifi USG-3P router and two wired-in plus one wireless “mesh” UAP-AC-Lite access points connected via cheapo gigabit unmanaged switches, and it all works flawlessly. I updated the firmware a couple of days ago just to keep up to date, resetting a 115-day uptime on all of these devices: that’s how reliable they are.
I also manage the network at our church, with a USG-Pro, 24-port PoE switch and eight wired-in access points, all with similar uptimes at the firmware upgrade. All those devices have been in 24/7 use (not much use recently, of course) since installation in Sep 2018 with only one failure when the roof leaked and the bowl-shaped access point filled up with pretty grim water, which was an unpleasant surprise when it ran down my arm on removal. Now, after drying and cleaning, it still works as a wireless uplink (PoE works, ethernet doesn’t) and is one of my three home APs.
A typical pre-COVID Sunday would see upwards of sixty devices coming onto the network (separate staff and guest networks), roaming between access points and then leaving, with no problems reported ever.
These two sites are managed via the controller software which I have running on a remote VPN (used for other things too) allowing me access to both sites’ settings from anywhere.
I am using the Asus GT-AX-11000 as well. It nicely integrates with HA as UPnP/IGD.
I am getting the stats for the WAN port without issues. Does somebody know if its possible to get the stats also for the wireless networks (e…g traffic in/out and connected devices)? Does the router not provide the info or is it the integration which does not read it?