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Silvrav

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#304271 19-Apr-2023 13:08

So, with my recent troubleshooting and call centre staff telling me I have too many devices connected, etc etc etc it did make me wonder, what is the average connection tally for our everyday geek zone members?

I am sitting at about 38, but can hit 50 with other devices coming out of sleep mode to transmit some data and go back to sleep.

Of the below about 8 are wired connections, the rest are all over 2.4 and 5ghz wifi.

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#3065562 19-Apr-2023 13:58

Currently 39.

And up to 59, according to the “Fing” app on my phone.

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#3065563 19-Apr-2023 13:59

Currently, according to Unifi, I have 43 wired clients and 24 wireless.

The wired count is inflated a little as I have a Proxmox server running with 8-10 LXC containers, which each present themselves as a different client, even though they all live on the same physical host.

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#3065565 19-Apr-2023 14:04

11 wired, 29 wireless currently, probably a few devices not at home at the moment. Also not including IoT which is probably double that number.

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#3065580 19-Apr-2023 14:10

Looks like 14 WiFi, 5 wired, Fritzbox 7590.

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#3065583 19-Apr-2023 14:16

Only seeing 16 atm, but daughter isn't home so thats at least another 2 then :D

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#3065586 19-Apr-2023 14:17

Currently 12 devices (Unifi devices like switches and access points around the property) and 22 clients.
UDM SE is the router.

I’m the only one here at the moment so clients can be higher normally.

Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.

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#3065589 19-Apr-2023 14:20

73 in the office at the moment

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#3065614 19-Apr-2023 15:04

About 51 devices at the moment.

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#3065626 19-Apr-2023 15:22

About 32. We don't really use wireless in this house. I am looking at upgrading the network to 10Gb, so I know for a fact that I need 23 ports on the main switch, but we have a handful of devices that are connected via remote switches or wireless.

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#3065682 19-Apr-2023 15:45

38 Wireless and 27 wired.

A few of the wired are macvlan containers or vms.

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#3065739 19-Apr-2023 16:06

5 Wifi, 1 wired.

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#3065760 19-Apr-2023 16:46

Around 65 at the moment, 36 on wifi.

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#3065764 19-Apr-2023 17:01

And thats why 32 bits was not enough for IP addresses.

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#3065782 19-Apr-2023 18:17

currently 33, of which 10 are wired. It can go up to about 50 I think

MikeAqua

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#3066133 20-Apr-2023 17:03

Not that many. About 20 if I ignore network components. Mobile devices, security systems, a bunch of RasPi units beavering away. A few more RasPi units taking care of simple monitoring/control tasks. A couple of other projects that I'm working on, including one for home defence from wildfires.

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