EE bright box router capacity ?

Hi,
Can any one confirm capacity of "EE bright box router" ??

How many simultaneous device connection it can support..?
- How many simultaneous wired connections..?
- How many simultaneous wireless connections..?

I had conversations with their support (not Indian call centre.!)
first agent - "eight"
second agent - "four"
Third agent - "32
Fourth - four + 32 wireless..!!

Please let me know. thanks

Edited by deleted (Mon 14-Jan-13 17:39:34)

It physically has four ethernet ports, but you can add more by connecting another Ethernet switch.

Absolute maximum number of devices will be 255, which will be the number of IP addresses the NAT will handle, but if people are actually using the connection this will drop. In short the answer depends on what you are doing with it in terms of sending traffic backwards and forwards.

Most consumer hardware will start to have problems once 20 or more devices are running and doing some traffic, as a rough guide.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

It physically has four Ethernet ports

Of which 1 will be reserved for Fibre WAN if you have FTTC.

Thanks..

I am not planning to connect to an Ethernet switch. My current O2 'technicolor' box too have 4 Ethernet ports, it allows up to 4 wireless or Ethernet connection as well. I was trying to understand EE bright box is better/more powerful/more features than O2 'technicolor' box. Looks like both have similar spec..?

Thanks

All,

32 wireless devices can be attached + 4 ethernet (3 with fibre).

It was designed this way for passive and active connections i.e. smart tv's maybe connected but not using.

Cheers

In reply to a post by tina_eapen:

Thanks..

I am not planning to connect to an Ethernet switch. My current O2 'technicolor' box too have 4 Ethernet ports, it allows up to 4 wireless or Ethernet connection as well. I was trying to understand EE bright box is better/more powerful/more features than O2 'technicolor' box. Looks like both have similar spec..?

Thanks

The O2 Technicolor router should work okay with EE Orange if you can enter your username and password.

http://www.technicolor.com/uploads/associated_materi...

EE Orange/T-Mobile home broadband router settings.

Broadband Settings
This page provides advanced settings to connect to your EE Broadband service

Broadband Type ADSL
Broadband Username:
Broadband Password:

Protocol: PPPoA
VLAN: Default
VPI/VCI: 0 / 38
Encapsulation: VC MUX
QoS Class: UBR
PC/SCR/MBS: 7000/7000/7000
Internet IP Address: Dynamic
IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask: 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway: 0.0.0.0
DNS IP Address: Manual
Primary DNS: 193.36.79.101
Secondary DNS: 193.36.79.100
Connection Type: Always Connected
Idle Time: 0 (minutes)
Authentication Protocol: CHAP
MTU (576~1500): 1500

The Bright Box router has four Ethernet port connections + 32 wireless.

I didn't understand that OP wanted to use O2 router on EE BB; just wanted to compare their capabilities.

In reply to a post by E7er:

The O2 Technicolor router should work okay with EE Orange if you can enter your username and password.

I pretty sure that O2 routers are locked to O2, in that they don't allow connection usernames/pwds.

In reply to a post by UKDoc:

32 wireless devices can be attached + 4 ethernet (3 with fibre).

What about if you have devices connected to an ethernet switch and/or powerline adapter(s) connected to the router?
Is the 32 limit on all connections or just wireless?

A lot of people are now using powerline extenders due to wireless congestion.
If the ethernet limit is realy 4 then this is very poor.

Is UKDoc simply counting the physical ports as the ethernet limit?

Simply counting physical ethernet ports

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Simply counting physical ethernet ports

I hope you are correct

Want to bet money on it?

In all my year of playing with consumer CPE not found one that will not support an additional switch and devices running off that.

You can start counting your money.

32 wireless on an SSID and 4 physical Ethernet ports, which allows additional hubs etc.

I have two routers connected via an Ethernet powerplug using the main Brightbox as the DHCP source. 2nd router is in living room for Xbox etc.

In reply to a post by UKDoc:

32 wireless on an SSID

Therefore 96 wireless on 3 SSIDs that BrightBox supports?

Yes, 32 per SSID, The value of 32 was designed for active vs passive connections within the house, to allow an average household to connect all their devices but not necessarily all in use at same time.