Airport Express Booting Users (max users?)

Hi everyone,
So here's the problem. I live in a residence hall, and I have my Airport Express setup with password because I'm aware of the 10 person limit. I've only given the password to connect to my two roommates and the three of us are the only ones using the Airport Express right now. Sometimes, when I open my laptop to connect, it does, but in the process it boots one of the other machines off the network. The process repeats if the booted machine tries to connect again - the oldest connection is kicked.
I assume this is happening because the Airport Express thinks that it has reached its maximum user limit of 10 simultaneous connections. However, when I open the Airport Utility it states that there are only 6 wireless clients (not only that but among the three of us we only have 8 wireless devices: a mix of laptops, iPhones, a PS3, and a wireless printer).
So it seems that my Airport Express can only support a max of 6 users. Is there any way to alleviate this problem, or can anyone think of another reason this is happening? Thanks in advance.

Bump...does anyone have an idea why this would be happening??

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And some ongoing issues.. even post getting that fixed up.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/new-issue-with-a1355-gen-3-tc
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Hello, all:
I own an Airport Express 1st generation and I was looking for an answer about how many wireless users can I have connected to it.
I was checking that second generation can allow 50 users at WIFI, so, anybody knows how many users support the 1st generation?
Thanks in advance.

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