*SOLVED* TP-LINK router device limit i guess

[ijtl]

*EDIT* The problem was my own stupidity, i had the wire to the wireless router plugged in a port (1-4) not in the blue (Internet/WAN) port.

Thanks, Shaun o and bill001g, you both inderectly made me realise my own mistake.

Hello forums!

I have a problem with my TP-LINK WR340G V3 router, in my house we have a laptop, 2 tablets and 2 phones. But only 2 devices can connect to the wifi network. 2 devices can access the internet, but others can connect, but won't have network access. Disconnecting the 2 that can (they can change from day to day) won't allow others to connect either. Basically at the morning which 2 devices first connects (has wifi enabled) has network access for the whole day, others don't. I tried looking in the settings, couldn't find anything. I tried googling the problem (tp-link wr340g v3 device limit), couldn't find anything. Any advice on how to fix the issue?

 

[bill001g]

There likely is some maximum limit but it is likely much higher than 4, many can take 30 or more...not that it will run well. There likely is not a setting that limits the number of devices that can connect...unless you intentionally mess up the DHCP pool size.

Normally I would be recommending you try newer firmware or third party firmware like DD-WRT to see if it makes a difference. That router is extremely old so it is hard to say what your options are for firmware. You could try a factory reset to set everything to default and then reconfigure it from the beginning so you know nothing is set strange.

The easy solution may be to spend $20 and get a 802.11n router.

 

[Shaun o]

In simple terms.

If you find two of your devices can connect to your Wireless router and have internet access.
Where as the other devices can connect to the router, but are not given internet access.

You will have to check out two things, first of all what each device you use, and it`s wi-fi capability in speed.
By default if you set the transmission or broadcast speed of your router to say N-150 or N-300 broadcasting.
Some devices can see it but fail to connect or be allocated an IP address to use the internet provided by the gateway/ router.

You must there for lower the routers transmission speed. To resolve the problem.
Your router may have the capability of running in Dual band mode, but in most cases dual mode has to be set up in the router and is not enabled by default.

Now the other reason why a device may see the network Gateway/ Router.
Not connect to it, or be given a valid Ip address to access the internet.
Can be the type of encryption you have selected in the router menu.
Old wi-fi adapters may not support the encryption type or facilitate the option.
A part connection of internet on a wi-fi enabled device, but then a frequent drop out of internet services at random times and periods while in use. also tells you the device connecting to the router is not full capable of running at the broadcast TX and RX settings of the router, the speed.

Your router cannot switch transmission speed. Each speed is set to a band frequency. so if a device connecting to it drops out or has problems it`s because the device cannot keep up.

If the first device connecting to the router, and the router is set to N-150 or N-300 speeds
Then lowering the Transmission speed should resolve the problem so all devices work and have internet access without the service dropping out on them.

 

[ijtl]

Shaun o, i don' think you got the right idea. It's really weird. All of the devices can connect, and work. But the problem is, that only two at a time, and that time is a day.

I will try to explain it all differently
I have 5 devices that use WiFi only. If i connect ANY 2 of them, the internet works on them, on any other devices it doesn't work. The device "limit" resets the next day, if i disconnect a device, a different device won't be able to access internet the same day.

I know it's a router problem, because i was using WiFi on my desktop PC as well, i switch to Wired, and i still could connect 2 devices to WiFi.