How many users or devices does an old 802.11g airport express support?

I've got three old 802.11g airport expresses that make up my home network. One is my base station hooked to my cable modem. the second I used as accss point for my satellite tv box. The third is hooked up to my stereo. I have an ipad, macbook, PC and a doogle plugged into my flat panel tv. I usually don't have my mac and PC on at the same time but I have lately and I lose the network connection on both machines. I can't reconnect on either machine. My base station goes yellow so I unplug it a few minutes and plug it back in. Then everything is find if I only have one machine. I assume my trouble comes from trying to put too many devices on the network, right? If I buy a new airport extreme, will it work with my old airport expresses? Or what's the solution to my network problem? Thanks.

Hi - first of all is the base station solid yellow or blinking yellow - if it is solid then there is an electrical problem - if it is blinking then there should be an error message in the Airport Utility - each Express can handle 10 wireless clients - the base station can administer 199 internal IP addresses so I don't that the number of users is an issue - it sounds like a connection conflict - however to address you second question, you are using old technology with new technology now - so to use a new Extreme with old Expresses would be defeating your purpose - in my opinion instead you should get 3 new Expresses - $99x3 and you would be getting a fast new system - or $180 for a new Extreme and still have a slow system - but if you want 3 gigabit ports and the ability to connect a hard drive in a base station then an Extreme and 2 Expresses is the ideal solution - and I fully understand the economics involved so the choice is yours - if I have caused you to have more questions, please ask.

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