# of devices connecting to wireless router

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Can a 4-port wireless Linksys router accommodate more than four devices if
some are wireless? I.e., does each device, whether wireless or hard-wired,
take up a port?
 
Can a 4-port wireless Linksys router accommodate more than four devices if
some are wireless? I.e., does each device, whether wireless or hard-wired,
take up a port?
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There is no limit by physical port. You could attach a hub or switch to one of
the ports, and gain another 3 (or 7, or whatever) ports.

The only real limit is the size of the subnet, the scope of the DHCP setup, and
/ or the processor power on the router.
 
Chuck said:
There is no limit by physical port. You could attach a hub or switch to
one of
the ports, and gain another 3 (or 7, or whatever) ports.

The only real limit is the size of the subnet, the scope of the DHCP
setup, and
/ or the processor power on the router.
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it is likely that the router in question (model?) will support up to 254
connections without additional hardware.

check your manual ..it will say
 
Elizabeth said:
Can a 4-port wireless Linksys router accommodate more than four devices if
some are wireless? I.e., does each device, whether wireless or hard-wired,
take up a port?
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The port limit is a physical limit on the number of cables that be
plugged in.
You can have 4 widgets wired, and many wireless. Keep in mind that all of
the wireless widgets share the bandwidth of the wireless segment: a 802.11B
router can support dozens of low-bandwidth users, but may become painful
with
a handful of high-bandwidth users; 802.11G has the same structure, but
~5 times
as much bandwidth to share.
 
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