Tplink Wifi Router problem accepting more that 15 connections

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strike101

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Hi , i'm having problems with my current router , it's a TP-Link WR740N , it has problem accepting more than around 12-15 connections , other users can't connect when it hits the limit even though the DHCP address pool is set to more than 100 IP's , i have to power cycle(reset) the modem for it to work again

I've encountered similar problems with other cheap routers from Huawei , so what's causing the problem ? is it the Router's CPU and RAM ? I'm thinking of replacing it with a Linksys EA6300 , specwise should be able to handle more connections ?

TPLink TL WR740N
model revision : 4.27
AR9331-AL3A 400Mhz CPU
ESMT M13S2561616A(RAM) ( i think it's 32mb ??)
Spansion FL032PIF 32Mbit (4Mb) Flash

Linksys EA6300
model revision : EA6300V1 - that's say thati it's a relabled EA6400
CPU Broadcom BCM4708A0 ( dual core 800mhz )
Switch Gigabit in BCM4708A0
RAM 128 MB (Hynix H5PS1G63JFR-S6C)
Flash 128 MB
 

Ralston18

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My immediate thought is that all the bandwidth is being used up.

Basically a network traffic jam.

What level of service are you paying for?

What are the various users doing? Internet, downloading/transferring large files?

At some point too many users or too much traffic by users will bottleneck network performance.

You can probably demonstrate that by getting everyone off of the network. Then add users one by one until performance becomes unuseable.

And remember if you have other devices: printers, network storage, mail servers, and so forth all of those add network traffic.

 

strike101

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@ralston18 it's for my coffee shop , i'm on a 50mb fiber connection and most users are justing using FB , Instagram , Twitter or youtube

@boosted1g so the Linksys is probably a lot better and provide more connections / leases ?
 
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