How can I connect more than 16 laps to a switch?

[yokama]

Hello, I have this problem, I want to connect 24 laptops at least to a linksys x1000, the problem is that it can only accept like 16 laptops after that I have a lot of problems but the most common is that the laptops starts to disconect from the router and sometimes the router resets itself, what can I do? Thanx

 

[Nerre]

My guess is that it is not designed for that many clients. I assume you are trying to connect them all by WiFi?

 

[yokama]

Yes that's correct all of them by wifi

 

[thiggins]

Either change to another router that supports more clients. Or better, add an access point to handle the additional load.

 

[yokama]

Ok, I'm a new user to this lan/wireless thing... can I just connect the access point to the linksys x1000 switch and bam I don't need to do anything else or do i need an extra configuration? Sorry too much questions

 

[thiggins]

Yes, you just connect the access point (AP) to your router switch. You should set it to use a different channel (1, 6, 11 in 2.4 GHz) than the router. You might want to assign it a different SSID so that you can control where clients connect.

Consumer APs do not automatically load balance, i.e. tell clients to connect to another AP when they are full.