[ath9k-devel] Bringing up More Than Two Station Mode Virtual Interfaces

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

On 11/07/2016 09:02 PM, Jack Fallington wrote:
> I've been having a problem using the ath9k_htc driver and was hoping someone here might have some advice.
>
> I'm trying to connect (on a single channel) to a single AP multiple times simultaneously using one physical wireless adapter. I haven't been able to bring up more than two virtual interfaces so far.

> On this page <http://www.candelatech.com/vsta.php>, they say, "We have successfully tested more than 200 stations and up to 4 APs per radio/NIC using ath9k and our code trees." They don't mention ath9k_htc, but I was hoping it also would also allow more than two station mode virtual interfaces. Or perhaps it's a firmware or hardware limitation causing my problem.

We use AR9380 NICs, and similar pcie ath9k nics will probably support similarly large numbers of stations.

At best ath9k-htc would be limited, I do not know *how* limited it would be.

> Is there anything else I can try? If not, is there another chipset and driver combination that would allow me to use at least 20 simultaneous station interfaces?

Use normal ath9k pcie nics.

If this is non-commercial, then you can also use our CT ath10k firmware and driver for multi-station work.  It supports
64 vdevs on ath10k.  But, if it is a commercial project, then contact me offlist.

Thanks,
Ben


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