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max devices my fibre router will take

JeffColes
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Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Hi @JeffColes 

Thanks for posting on the community. 

Which router are you using? 

Leanne 🙂

JeffColes
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Hi

The router is an EE smart hub

Hi Leanne

I have an EE smart hub router

Thanks Jeff

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Thanks a lot

Jeff
bobpullen
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How many devices do you have? by default, the DHCP pool will give you > 200 addresses. In practical terms, attempting to connect that many clients may lead you to performance problems. On a personal level, I have 40-50 devices on my network and EE hubs don't seem to struggle with that,