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I have TP Link TL-WR340G and when I'm trying to connect more than 5 devices, the sixth device cannot connected to my router. I guess is any configuration for limitation of device while connected. I've tried to find that configuration but their not listed in admin console. I cannot figure it out.
How my router can connect with more than 5 devices? Is there I miss?
ps. I've tried to changed channel to 11 and mode 54Mbps (802.11g) but not solve my problem.
If nothing else seems to work you can always try to factory reset your router to see if that helps. Source: https://www.router-reset.com/en/reset-manuals/TP-LINK/TL-WR340G-v3
Doing this should flush out any odd configurations that might affect the maximum limit. Alhough it is a slightly old router, I doubt that it would have any problem handling more than 5 clients.
I think this router doesn't have some "maximum clients" option (there's an emulator online -> http://www.tplink.com/resources/simulator/TL-WR340G/userRpm/), and if your DHCP range is larger than 5 it doesn't seem to be the problem.
Ensure that your network mask is 255.255.255.0 (basic settins -> network -> lan). Change start and end address on dhcp server to a lower value, for ex *.100 to *.125, that SOHO routers can't work properly with more than 30 clients (so you don't really need to range .100-.254). Also look for ARP table (advanced settings -> IP & MAC binding -> ARP List).
Would be great to try other wifi channel, just to avoid co-channel and adjacent problems with other clients.
If everything seems to be ok, then I would suggest to do a factory reset, and then update firmware if problem persist.
