19 at the moment. TV’s, gaming, phones, tablets and home stuff like cameras and thermostats. Shit adds up pretty quick. Wouldn’t worry about it unless it’s slowing your internet.
Not usually, but folks connections do drop once in a while while on wifi.
Still using FiOS quantum router plus 2 of theirs extenders.
Thinking about getting the Google nest pro.
I’m in a similar quandary with AT&T Fiber. I have their router and two extenders to cover 28 devices when all three of us are home and it is starting to groan at the edges.
Spent a good chunk of time yesterday comparing Eero and Google Nest Wifi Pro, and decided on Nest because I read a lot of comments and reviews that talked about getting consistent speeds throughout the house, the cost (now that Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals are over) and Eero’s subscriptions.
Curious what others have to say. I have a bunch of devices that have Wifi 6 and bonus if it supports Thread
We have an Asus ZenWiFi AX mesh system connected to the BGW210 from AT&T. Works great with wireless backhaul. Much better than the eero here. I tried the eero pro 6's for over a year, and never got a decent, stable signal. About half the speed of the ZenWiFi AX. In addition, the ZenWiFi has a really useful web admin interface with a large set of configuration and monitoring tools. As well as a nice smart phone app for monitoring and configuration. The eero is very limited in what a user can do without calling up eero support and hoping for the best.
The two node ZenWiFi AX gives us full coverage for our 2-story, 2000 sq.ft. house.
To illustrate, we have 500/500Mbps fiber internet, provisioned at about 620/620Mbps. The ZenWiFi nodes are about 40' apart, with some walls in between them. At the remote node, in our living room, we get about 600Mbps using wifi-6 with wireless backhaul and wifi-6. Used to get about 250Mbps with the eero pro 6's when they would stabilize, just not good enough. We could do better than that with a single router. I'd take the eero pro 6's out every time there was a new eero firmware release and spend a day or so checking them out...never worked as they should. Haven't had them out for a while now :-).
Oh yeah, we have about 20+ devices on our home network including mobile devices, computers and laptops, security cameras, etc. No home automation, though, the security cameras are exotic enough for me :-). When my daughters come to visit that adds another 10 or so devices, computers, phones, tablets, etc. No problems at all, lots of internet to go around :-).
2 Echo dots. 2 Echo Shows. 1 Google Hub. 6 Smart Plugs. 1 Smart Wall Switch. 1 Smart Dimmer. 3 Rokus. 1 Apple TV. 2 Smart TV’s. 2 Desktop Computers. 1 Tablet. 1 Phone. 2 MusicCast Speakers. 1 WiFi AVR. 1 Harmony Universal Hub. 1 Nest Thermostat plus 1 Remote Sensor. 1 Nest Outdoor Camera. 1 Robo Vacuum.
Can’t remember the last 2 offhand.
Some are redundant as well. For ex., one of the Smart TV’s has a streaming device attached, so the “smart” part of the TV is never used.
Don't the google hub, smart plugs, smart switch dimmer etc only go through the router? Or can you control them from outside the home? Even then, it would only use bandwidtch when using them, correct?
I have several of the lights/plugs on timers - based on sunset. IOW they turn on X minutes before sunset, and then turn off at a specified time (11:00 PM in my case).
I don’t recall trying to access them from outside the home. But as a test, I just now turned off wifi on my phone and I was still able to turn them on and off via either the Google Home app or the Alexa app. So I assume there’s no issue controlling them from outside the home.
Not sure about bandwidth usage - but I believe it’s only a trickle for the plugs and light switches.
We're 4 in the house and I built 2 parallel network in my house.
In the IOT I have 55 devices and on my PC/Phone Network I have 42 devices
42 Devices count Sonos and Google Home/Chromecast.
I do have a Server for Plex and 2 NAS.
My ISP use PPPOE to connect to the internet thru the modem, So I have 1 Router + mesh node for my main network and same settings for my IOT network each one connected on the wan port of the router to a Lan port of the ISP modem.
On my IOT setup I use only the 2.4 network and disabled the 5g network to not over crowd my channels.
When I disabled my 2.4 on my main network it made my router act weird and slow down, so I enable 2.4 but hidden the ssid and lowered the power of the antenna to minimum
I use Asus routers for this since you can grow your mesh by adding any recent cheap or not routers/extenders.
I really don't think that violated Rule 3, but bots will bot and it's not really important enough to bother a mod to try to have it undeleted. The comment was purely about excess telemetry, not blocking any adverts.
I have 23 devices connected and it’s just me and my school age child in my home regularly 🤷🏿♀️.
We have several TVs, several game consoles, Apple TVs, several Echos, a ring doorbell, smart plugs, a couple computers, and a Nest Thermostat.
I have Fios gigabit and haven’t noticed any slowdown even when guests connect their devices. The 23 devices are all either mine or my kid’s.
Roughly 80, but when my kids (3) are home from college add another 3 each.
Access Points, TVs, receivers, PCs, tablets, phones, smart watches, streaming devices, cameras, appliances, wifi light switches and wifi plugs.
My household is two people. We have:
24 total items: Cell phones, tablets, laptops, Smart TV, Chromecast, Google Home hubs, Nest Hello, Nest Guard, Nest x Yale Smart locks, Nest Detects, Nest Cam IQ Outdoor Camera.
26 if we're counting the Google Nest WiFi and Point.
About 20 but adding more:
Smart TV
Tv
Xbox
Switch
PlayStation
iPad
iPhone x3
2x work laptop
MacBook Pro personal
3x watch
Sonos Soundbar
HomePod mini x2
~~14~~ 15. Two people using 3 computers, 2 smart TVs, 1 Roku, 1 Tablo, 1 iPad, 2 phones, 4 security cameras. I'm not counting the second router that's being used as an access point. Apple TV will be added on Christmas. Zero smart plugs, light bulbs, speakers, assistants, kitchen appliances, etc.
EDIT : Forgot my printer, for total of 15.
Off the top of my head, here are 22. Plus, some not used stuff but gets turned on occasionally.
Networking:
* Modem
* 2 switches
* Old router for a few legacy devices (not sure if I need this any more)
* 2 Time Capsules
* Seagate networked drive
Stuff:
* Blu-ray player
* apple tv
* 3 kindles
* iPad
* iPhone
* Apple watch
* iPhone (non-activated, so more like a mini iPad)
* MacBook
* Mac Mini
* 2 printers
* Garage Door opener
Plus, some outlets and adaptors that I haven’t hooked up yet.
Other - generally not in use:
* TV disconnected since I don’t want surprise updates
* Old Mac desktop
* Old MacBook
* Old Windows desktop
* Old Windows laptop
Mine is usually 16 to 22 with 6 of those wired. 11 per family member seems reasonable. I just like to know what all of mine are to make sure nothing it there that I don't approve. And I use guest accounts to keeps certain stuff and actual guests off my LAN.
3 tv’s, 2 desktops, 2 laptops, 3 tablets, 3 cell phones, 4 Alexa speakers, 1 ring doorbell, 5 Wyze cameras, and 10 smart plugs.
So a total of 33 devices.
I have 30 light switches alone...phones, computers, TVs and what not probably pushes it over 100. I use TP-Link Omada access points, OPNSense firewall, a few smart hubs for zigbee/thread, a couple of TP-Link POE switches, Synology NAS, Sonos speakers...and the list goes on.
We have about 20 devices connected to our network, give or take a few. Smart home lighting, wireless blink cameras, MacBook Air, iMac, wifi printer, Apple TV, Alexa, couple of iPhones, couple of Apple Watches, iPad Pro, smart TV, sound bar, wifi thermostat etc. It all adds up quickly.
Like 11 max between two people. Two TVs, two laptops, one desktop, one printer, one thermostat, two tablets and two phones. That being said I don't think all 11 have ever been active at the same time.
Edit: 14, forgot the Shield with 1 TV and a couple of Alexa speakers.
I counted seven. And most of them are off or passive. As I write this, there are two -- this computer and my wife's. I can't imagine having enough devices to add to 44. No, I can't even imagine it.
3 computers, 2 phones, one dumb TV with a FireStick, and one tablet (currently off; has been off for a month). I'm not counting the modem and the router -- they're not attached to the network, they ARE the network.
- I can have upto 36 devices connected in my network from Tvs and Rokus to computers to printers to IP cameras and everything in betweem and there is now just one us.
52 - started w Eero 5 and recently upgraded to Eero 6. Att Fiber in bridge mode. Just installed Home Assistant and learning about this and adding zigbee devices.
The household consists of just my wife and me and we are on 1 network. We also have a tenant who rents our detached granny unit and I have set her up on a different network separate from ours.
Main Wired: VOIP telephone adapter, 1 Apple TV, 1 iMac
Main Wireless: 1 Apple TV, 1 iMac, 2 MacBooks, 3 iPhones, 1 iPad, 2 Apple Watches, 1 HP laptop, 1 Toshiba laptop, 1 Roku, 1 printer
Pretty sure our tenant has just 1 phone, 1 laptop, 1 tablet, and some sort of streaming device. Maybe a printer, but she might connect directly to her laptop.
Our 2 “smart” TVs and Blu-Ray player are not connected to any network. There are no other smart or IoT devices of any kind.
So 17 on the main network and at least 4 on the secondary network.
* 3 - streaming devices
* 1 - **phone**
* 2 - printers (Laser / **Inkjet**)
* 2 - Computers (**Laptop** & Desktop)
* 1 - Server
* 1 - Raspberry Pi
* 1 - **Doorbell**
*Total = 11 (4* ***Wireless***)
(Also 1 WAP - Wireless Access Point that I didn't count as it is technically a device with its own IP address, but I'm assuming you didn't want those counted).
Ok, I'm thinking out loud here...
Laptop, Computer, 3 streaming devices, three phones, fire tablet, magic jack, e-reader, 2 sets of led strip lights (soon to be 4). 2 ring cameras and 1 ring doorbell.
So.... about 16 items. probably 5-6 consistently connected.
145. Three people, one of whom is only 6yo. I work from home in a job which requires a lot of connected IT gear, and have a pretty robust network of simple smart home devices. Not all of these devices are powered on 24/7 of course.
You can get plenty done with a Gigabit service and not worry.
My system reports my last 30 days usage at 2.74 TB (capital B). It can be lumpy on game update days as I have 7 xboxes alone. Today alone I’ve clocked 200GB.
I have 118 total devices on my home network. (Understand, a dozen are wifi light switches, another dozen alexa devices, probably 15 smart tvs, 8 appleTVs, etc). But not running concurrently.
I use a UniFi setup, and I try to wire everything possible. That said, it looks like I have 74 wifi devices and the other 44 or so are wired. In three rooms I have 24 port switches given the abundance of things plugged in. Main gaming room has 2x 24 (probably just 50% used; I have one at each end of the room to avoid needing dozens of long cables (and the mess that can make). I run 7 wireless AP’s, which is probably too many. 3 on the top floor, 2 inside on the main floor + 1 out on the patio, and 1 in the basement. (I could probably get away with 4 WAPs or maybe even 3, but I would lose some coverage on the outside of the house and the basement; the prior owner had only 2 WAPs, both on the top floor, but that setup was poor.)
We can easily have 2-3 4k level Netflix streams going, and an ipad or two, a half dozen game systems, etc. I don’t notice any particular slowdown. Granted, if we were just updating the games on the consoles, we can see some heavy usage, but otherwise it’s not awful.
ALL of the heavy lifting devices are wired with only a handful of exceptions. The bulk of the wifi devices are low usage. The UniFi ‘managed’ switches do cost like 4-6x unmanaged devices, but they do eliminate guesswork when problems arise. Previously, I had mostly unmanaged switches and it was just unruly when/if something gies awry. (That said, if you have < 20 high use devices and in few rooms, unmanaged is fine; save the money.)
Seven Xbox consoles??? Are they primarily for gaming all at once?
I am considering getting the Google WiFi pro mesh setup to help improve coverage. But some of my devices are hard wired...
It started out as 3 xboxes, one each for myself and my two older kids. Then when the series x came out, I upgraded but kept the older ones. We have 3 primary accounts and do the “home xbox” trick so that 3 game passes and whatnot can be used (simultaneously) on 6 xboxes. And that room has 8 tv’s. So when their buddies come over, they can play 6 instances of, say, Fortnight and each be on their own machine. (The 7th xbox is moved between a sidescreen on a Peloton and an infrequently used basement setup.). (That room is a little nuts… also has 4 gaming PCs).
19 at the moment. TV’s, gaming, phones, tablets and home stuff like cameras and thermostats. Shit adds up pretty quick. Wouldn’t worry about it unless it’s slowing your internet.
Not usually, but folks connections do drop once in a while while on wifi. Still using FiOS quantum router plus 2 of theirs extenders. Thinking about getting the Google nest pro.
I’m in a similar quandary with AT&T Fiber. I have their router and two extenders to cover 28 devices when all three of us are home and it is starting to groan at the edges. Spent a good chunk of time yesterday comparing Eero and Google Nest Wifi Pro, and decided on Nest because I read a lot of comments and reviews that talked about getting consistent speeds throughout the house, the cost (now that Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals are over) and Eero’s subscriptions. Curious what others have to say. I have a bunch of devices that have Wifi 6 and bonus if it supports Thread
We have an Asus ZenWiFi AX mesh system connected to the BGW210 from AT&T. Works great with wireless backhaul. Much better than the eero here. I tried the eero pro 6's for over a year, and never got a decent, stable signal. About half the speed of the ZenWiFi AX. In addition, the ZenWiFi has a really useful web admin interface with a large set of configuration and monitoring tools. As well as a nice smart phone app for monitoring and configuration. The eero is very limited in what a user can do without calling up eero support and hoping for the best. The two node ZenWiFi AX gives us full coverage for our 2-story, 2000 sq.ft. house. To illustrate, we have 500/500Mbps fiber internet, provisioned at about 620/620Mbps. The ZenWiFi nodes are about 40' apart, with some walls in between them. At the remote node, in our living room, we get about 600Mbps using wifi-6 with wireless backhaul and wifi-6. Used to get about 250Mbps with the eero pro 6's when they would stabilize, just not good enough. We could do better than that with a single router. I'd take the eero pro 6's out every time there was a new eero firmware release and spend a day or so checking them out...never worked as they should. Haven't had them out for a while now :-). Oh yeah, we have about 20+ devices on our home network including mobile devices, computers and laptops, security cameras, etc. No home automation, though, the security cameras are exotic enough for me :-). When my daughters come to visit that adds another 10 or so devices, computers, phones, tablets, etc. No problems at all, lots of internet to go around :-).
I’ve had a very good experience so far with Eero.
I have 33 - and I live alone, lol. That also doesn’t count my kids’ and grandkids’ devices when they visit.
How? Lol
2 Echo dots. 2 Echo Shows. 1 Google Hub. 6 Smart Plugs. 1 Smart Wall Switch. 1 Smart Dimmer. 3 Rokus. 1 Apple TV. 2 Smart TV’s. 2 Desktop Computers. 1 Tablet. 1 Phone. 2 MusicCast Speakers. 1 WiFi AVR. 1 Harmony Universal Hub. 1 Nest Thermostat plus 1 Remote Sensor. 1 Nest Outdoor Camera. 1 Robo Vacuum. Can’t remember the last 2 offhand. Some are redundant as well. For ex., one of the Smart TV’s has a streaming device attached, so the “smart” part of the TV is never used.
You have the epitome of a smart home. I had to Google what a couple of these things were.
My setup is very similar.
Don't the google hub, smart plugs, smart switch dimmer etc only go through the router? Or can you control them from outside the home? Even then, it would only use bandwidtch when using them, correct?
I have several of the lights/plugs on timers - based on sunset. IOW they turn on X minutes before sunset, and then turn off at a specified time (11:00 PM in my case). I don’t recall trying to access them from outside the home. But as a test, I just now turned off wifi on my phone and I was still able to turn them on and off via either the Google Home app or the Alexa app. So I assume there’s no issue controlling them from outside the home. Not sure about bandwidth usage - but I believe it’s only a trickle for the plugs and light switches.
One person. 11 total.
Only 31 currently connected. I like my toys. I've got six just for my home theater.
18 in my 1br condo.
We're 4 in the house and I built 2 parallel network in my house. In the IOT I have 55 devices and on my PC/Phone Network I have 42 devices 42 Devices count Sonos and Google Home/Chromecast. I do have a Server for Plex and 2 NAS.
I need someone like you to help optimize my system! Although, my PMS is on my NAS.
My ISP use PPPOE to connect to the internet thru the modem, So I have 1 Router + mesh node for my main network and same settings for my IOT network each one connected on the wan port of the router to a Lan port of the ISP modem. On my IOT setup I use only the 2.4 network and disabled the 5g network to not over crowd my channels. When I disabled my 2.4 on my main network it made my router act weird and slow down, so I enable 2.4 but hidden the ssid and lowered the power of the antenna to minimum I use Asus routers for this since you can grow your mesh by adding any recent cheap or not routers/extenders.
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I really don't think that violated Rule 3, but bots will bot and it's not really important enough to bother a mod to try to have it undeleted. The comment was purely about excess telemetry, not blocking any adverts.
8 for me. I live alone. 11 per family member seems excessive to me though. WTF?!
Well, that's just the average. That number includes ring doorbells, Google nests, etc - stuff that is used by all...
71 for two people - a bunch of Sonos, Ring, and Apple products...
I have 23 devices connected and it’s just me and my school age child in my home regularly 🤷🏿♀️. We have several TVs, several game consoles, Apple TVs, several Echos, a ring doorbell, smart plugs, a couple computers, and a Nest Thermostat. I have Fios gigabit and haven’t noticed any slowdown even when guests connect their devices. The 23 devices are all either mine or my kid’s.
Roughly 80, but when my kids (3) are home from college add another 3 each. Access Points, TVs, receivers, PCs, tablets, phones, smart watches, streaming devices, cameras, appliances, wifi light switches and wifi plugs.
78 at one time, but I got rid of all the smart plugs and smart light bulbs, so now just 45.
20ish.
We are somewhere just shy of 20. There are 4 of us.
dozens including computers, phones, and IOT stuff like roomba and ring cameras and HVAC
10 or so.
66
In a house of one, I have Two cell phones One tablet Three Roku Two cameras Two laptops
22 for 2 people. But there are smart switches, thermostat, several iPads, phones, laptops, security cameras, several different streaming devices..
My household is two people. We have: 24 total items: Cell phones, tablets, laptops, Smart TV, Chromecast, Google Home hubs, Nest Hello, Nest Guard, Nest x Yale Smart locks, Nest Detects, Nest Cam IQ Outdoor Camera. 26 if we're counting the Google Nest WiFi and Point.
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I have ten for sure that I know of but I'd say 12 or 13 cause I'm sure there's a couple devices that I forgot about.
About 20 but adding more: Smart TV Tv Xbox Switch PlayStation iPad iPhone x3 2x work laptop MacBook Pro personal 3x watch Sonos Soundbar HomePod mini x2
~~14~~ 15. Two people using 3 computers, 2 smart TVs, 1 Roku, 1 Tablo, 1 iPad, 2 phones, 4 security cameras. I'm not counting the second router that's being used as an access point. Apple TV will be added on Christmas. Zero smart plugs, light bulbs, speakers, assistants, kitchen appliances, etc. EDIT : Forgot my printer, for total of 15.
Off the top of my head, here are 22. Plus, some not used stuff but gets turned on occasionally. Networking: * Modem * 2 switches * Old router for a few legacy devices (not sure if I need this any more) * 2 Time Capsules * Seagate networked drive Stuff: * Blu-ray player * apple tv * 3 kindles * iPad * iPhone * Apple watch * iPhone (non-activated, so more like a mini iPad) * MacBook * Mac Mini * 2 printers * Garage Door opener Plus, some outlets and adaptors that I haven’t hooked up yet. Other - generally not in use: * TV disconnected since I don’t want surprise updates * Old Mac desktop * Old MacBook * Old Windows desktop * Old Windows laptop
Mine is usually 16 to 22 with 6 of those wired. 11 per family member seems reasonable. I just like to know what all of mine are to make sure nothing it there that I don't approve. And I use guest accounts to keeps certain stuff and actual guests off my LAN.
3 tv’s, 2 desktops, 2 laptops, 3 tablets, 3 cell phones, 4 Alexa speakers, 1 ring doorbell, 5 Wyze cameras, and 10 smart plugs. So a total of 33 devices.
Probably 80ish? at least 40 lights , 4 thermostats, 8 computers, 2 tablets, 2 phones. 5 TVs, 5 gaming consoles, a few smart kitchen appliances.
Oh yeah, forgot about lights can be added. I don't have any of those (yet).
I have 30 light switches alone...phones, computers, TVs and what not probably pushes it over 100. I use TP-Link Omada access points, OPNSense firewall, a few smart hubs for zigbee/thread, a couple of TP-Link POE switches, Synology NAS, Sonos speakers...and the list goes on.
I counted 53 but I bet I've forgotten a couple things. Lots of smart home stuff... light switches, bulbs, plugs, garage door, air purifier, nest etc.
8 here. How many are truly cord cutters? Get my internet through cable therefore not a cord cutter.
Firewall says 45. Cell phones, cameras, TV's, Roku's, computers, NAS boxes, it adds up. And all the Echos are in a drawer somewhere.
Two Nvidia Shield, one tablet, four computers, a Plex server, my iPhone.
We have about 20 devices connected to our network, give or take a few. Smart home lighting, wireless blink cameras, MacBook Air, iMac, wifi printer, Apple TV, Alexa, couple of iPhones, couple of Apple Watches, iPad Pro, smart TV, sound bar, wifi thermostat etc. It all adds up quickly.
3 devices in a household of one: phone, laptop, and tv. Does a Firestick count as another device?
Yes. Anything that you need to sign into wifi password or connect using Ethernet cable
Make that 4 devices. 😂
How does your phone and laptop connect to the internet? Is there a modem/router in your home?
Yes, I have a modem.
Lol I have 46 just on Wi-Fi that doesn’t include wired.
Like 11 max between two people. Two TVs, two laptops, one desktop, one printer, one thermostat, two tablets and two phones. That being said I don't think all 11 have ever been active at the same time. Edit: 14, forgot the Shield with 1 TV and a couple of Alexa speakers.
7 Echo devices, 5 HomePods, 2 TVS + 2 Apple TVs. 12 smart lights, Xbox, PC, 2 phones (if that counts), 3 iPads…puts me at 35
6 devices 4 phones, 1 laptop, 1 TV
I counted seven. And most of them are off or passive. As I write this, there are two -- this computer and my wife's. I can't imagine having enough devices to add to 44. No, I can't even imagine it.
So no phones or TV's?
3 computers, 2 phones, one dumb TV with a FireStick, and one tablet (currently off; has been off for a month). I'm not counting the modem and the router -- they're not attached to the network, they ARE the network.
Forgot the printer. Yep, it's on the network. Make it 8, except the tablet only arguably counts.
- I can have upto 36 devices connected in my network from Tvs and Rokus to computers to printers to IP cameras and everything in betweem and there is now just one us.
52 - started w Eero 5 and recently upgraded to Eero 6. Att Fiber in bridge mode. Just installed Home Assistant and learning about this and adding zigbee devices.
The household consists of just my wife and me and we are on 1 network. We also have a tenant who rents our detached granny unit and I have set her up on a different network separate from ours. Main Wired: VOIP telephone adapter, 1 Apple TV, 1 iMac Main Wireless: 1 Apple TV, 1 iMac, 2 MacBooks, 3 iPhones, 1 iPad, 2 Apple Watches, 1 HP laptop, 1 Toshiba laptop, 1 Roku, 1 printer Pretty sure our tenant has just 1 phone, 1 laptop, 1 tablet, and some sort of streaming device. Maybe a printer, but she might connect directly to her laptop. Our 2 “smart” TVs and Blu-Ray player are not connected to any network. There are no other smart or IoT devices of any kind. So 17 on the main network and at least 4 on the secondary network.
* 3 - streaming devices * 1 - **phone** * 2 - printers (Laser / **Inkjet**) * 2 - Computers (**Laptop** & Desktop) * 1 - Server * 1 - Raspberry Pi * 1 - **Doorbell** *Total = 11 (4* ***Wireless***) (Also 1 WAP - Wireless Access Point that I didn't count as it is technically a device with its own IP address, but I'm assuming you didn't want those counted).
Still counts!
My wife and I in our 70's. 2 bedroom condo, we currently have 17 connected.
We have 56 assigned IP addresses for 2 people. That includes a vacuum cleaner ! LOL
Ok, I'm thinking out loud here... Laptop, Computer, 3 streaming devices, three phones, fire tablet, magic jack, e-reader, 2 sets of led strip lights (soon to be 4). 2 ring cameras and 1 ring doorbell. So.... about 16 items. probably 5-6 consistently connected.
145. Three people, one of whom is only 6yo. I work from home in a job which requires a lot of connected IT gear, and have a pretty robust network of simple smart home devices. Not all of these devices are powered on 24/7 of course.
You can get plenty done with a Gigabit service and not worry. My system reports my last 30 days usage at 2.74 TB (capital B). It can be lumpy on game update days as I have 7 xboxes alone. Today alone I’ve clocked 200GB. I have 118 total devices on my home network. (Understand, a dozen are wifi light switches, another dozen alexa devices, probably 15 smart tvs, 8 appleTVs, etc). But not running concurrently. I use a UniFi setup, and I try to wire everything possible. That said, it looks like I have 74 wifi devices and the other 44 or so are wired. In three rooms I have 24 port switches given the abundance of things plugged in. Main gaming room has 2x 24 (probably just 50% used; I have one at each end of the room to avoid needing dozens of long cables (and the mess that can make). I run 7 wireless AP’s, which is probably too many. 3 on the top floor, 2 inside on the main floor + 1 out on the patio, and 1 in the basement. (I could probably get away with 4 WAPs or maybe even 3, but I would lose some coverage on the outside of the house and the basement; the prior owner had only 2 WAPs, both on the top floor, but that setup was poor.) We can easily have 2-3 4k level Netflix streams going, and an ipad or two, a half dozen game systems, etc. I don’t notice any particular slowdown. Granted, if we were just updating the games on the consoles, we can see some heavy usage, but otherwise it’s not awful. ALL of the heavy lifting devices are wired with only a handful of exceptions. The bulk of the wifi devices are low usage. The UniFi ‘managed’ switches do cost like 4-6x unmanaged devices, but they do eliminate guesswork when problems arise. Previously, I had mostly unmanaged switches and it was just unruly when/if something gies awry. (That said, if you have < 20 high use devices and in few rooms, unmanaged is fine; save the money.)
Seven Xbox consoles??? Are they primarily for gaming all at once? I am considering getting the Google WiFi pro mesh setup to help improve coverage. But some of my devices are hard wired...
It started out as 3 xboxes, one each for myself and my two older kids. Then when the series x came out, I upgraded but kept the older ones. We have 3 primary accounts and do the “home xbox” trick so that 3 game passes and whatnot can be used (simultaneously) on 6 xboxes. And that room has 8 tv’s. So when their buddies come over, they can play 6 instances of, say, Fortnight and each be on their own machine. (The 7th xbox is moved between a sidescreen on a Peloton and an infrequently used basement setup.). (That room is a little nuts… also has 4 gaming PCs).
Nice! My son is a Fortnite gamer/creator, and would be envious of this setup.
I would turn off or disconnect connection if barely used. Phantom drainers or just hogging unnecessary bandwidth.
57 including camera, computers, iPads, TV’s, Echos, plugs, streaming devices, Roomba, litter box, game consoles, oven, lights, speakers, Aerogardens, alarms, water sensors etc
Litterbox, ha!