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Hello- This is a hard problem to describe, but here goes: Problem Description: - Mapped drive within Windows 7 and 10 that is mapped from the WRT1200AC's usb drive sharing option becomes unstable and/or dropps connection. Further Details When I have my 5 computers connected to a file shared...

Hi Everyone- Ok, wanted to report back. I setup 20 laptops connected to my Lenovo x201 i7 Win 7 machine. Worked no problem. Can't even notice the performance hit whatsoever. As soon as I tried to connect #21- Would not let me. Thank you for your help with this! Very helpful to me.

Thanks. Good to know. I did some research last night and from what it looks like, Microsoft upped the shared folder maximum connections from 10 to 20. It was installed within a service update at some point during Windows 7. So, I'm going to test this out tomorrow (Monday) and I'll report back...

Another item I'd found was qnap genie : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LPMMKR8/?tag=snbforums-20

Yes! Thank you! I think these will work terrific. Thanks a ton. I have probably spent 2-3hrs of searching to find something exactly like these solutions. Many thanks for this. I'll experiment and report back. Thanks again!

That's an idea. Or even a RaspberryPi. Or if I end up in this direction, I could just go with a Synology single bay DiskStation (https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS115j). I was just trying to avoid a big 3.5" disk solution. I know I have an edge case, but it is what it is. This is why I...

Yes, thank you for mentioning it. All the documentation I could find said that the maximum connections is 10. I've thought about bringing a small build PC with me, but that just feels really complicated and again, I hit the 10 limit. Does Win10 Pro lift the 10 limit? Thanks!!

Hello- Thank you in advance for your help. Anyone recommend a very simple NAS solution. It would be awesome if I could just use a memory stick. Here's the need: - 20 clients saving very very small text files (as in 25KB) 1 time an hour- Very light workload - Transportable- Size matters- It...

Ok... thanks for the help. Think I'm going to go with the Netgear R6120. It's small enough where I can handle the antennas and it looks like it will handle 20 or so text clients just fine. Thanks.

I just thought of something. Would it help these machines if I added a USB wireless card? They have USB 2 on them. Just an idea. Might be a pain to manage all the usb cards too. Thx.

Ya.. ok... Thanks. You're probably right about the removable antennas. That's not a problem at all. Thanks!

Thanks for the help. The laptops only support 2.4Ghz N. In terms of portability, right now I have a Linksys E3500 which fits in the crate ok (its a little large). Its working ok, but I have noticed signal weakness at the corner of the room. Antennas are not doable because they'll probably break...

Hello- Thank you in advance for your help. I have a strange set of needs and I'm looking for some buying advice. Setting up a wireless network with the following criteria: - 25 clients will connect - Mostly older laptops with slow wireless cards (probably N) - No internet access necessary, but...

OMG!!! Sleep deprivation! Wow! I have absolutely no idea why I wrote I need 10 routers and AC supplies. That is so totally not the case. :confused: I need 1 router/ap where 12 laptops can connect wirelessly to share some basic text files back and forth. They can't be connected via cables. But I...

Hello- Thanks for the quick reply and this isn't a bad idea. I should have been more clear... all the equipment is in the same room... very very very large ballrooms inside of hotels. I need the signal strength because its a very large ballroom and I'm fighting a lot of other wireless noise. Thx!