[ath9k-devel] AP Limitation because of ATH9K_HTC_MAX_STA

[Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>]

Am 22.11.2013 16:00, schrieb Ben Greear:
> On 11/22/2013 06:47 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
>> Am 22.11.2013 15:40, schrieb Ben Greear:
>>> On 11/22/2013 02:23 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
>>>> Am 20.11.2013 20:01, schrieb Gustavo Azambuja:
>>>>> Ben, thanks for you reply.
>>>>> I need to convert my rPi into a AP (is not an option a "real" AP) to
>>>>> get at less 30 stations. You know some way to get a list of
>>>>> devices/drivers can support this?
>>>>
>>>> It's all about USB, RAM and power.
>>>> If you use usb to communicate with wireless hardware, then your first
>>>> problem is usb - it is too slow! Some times it is too slow even for one
>>>> connection. This is why we have usb wifi adapters with internal cpu,
>>>> ram
>>>> and firmware (micro operation system). If you wont to add more
>>>> connections you will need more ram and may be more cpu power. This will
>>>> need more power from usb, which is limited to 500mA.
>>>> In this case, just take some AP, connect it over ethernet and you will
>>>> get same result.
>>>
>>> The RAM is certainly an issue, but just adding more stations should not
>>> have much CPU impact as the total throughput is unlikely to increase
>>> as more stations are added.
>>>
>>> Changing software to make better use of RAM is also unlikely to increase
>>> power usage, though adding more RAM to the hardware might.
>>
>> patches are welcome
> 
> I'm sure :)
> 
> My customers are all interested in /AC these days, so I'm putting my
> effort there.  If/when someone opens an /AC firmware to the public
> I will be all over it!

AC?


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Regards,
Oleksij