Re: [Bluez-users] Max Number of PANUs supported in PAN

Marcel Holtmann
2004-06-22T22:14:04Z

Hi Assed,

> I am not really interested in the actual number of parked devices, I just
> assumed if you can support one parked slave, you can support an arbirtary
> number.

I only wanna warn you of the Bluetooth chip limitations. You will play
in a league that is not fun ;)

> I will therefore re-phrase my question to: Can one PAN support 9 PANUs,
> i.e. there will always be atleast one parked PANU. The GN will now have to
> juggle PANUs between active and parked modes so they all seem "connected"
> and are able to communicate with each other.

So actually it is possible to create a PAN with more than 8 members, but
you must manage the parking by yourself. I never tested such stuff and
some broadcast traffic may kick your ass.

Regards

Marcel