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From: "Marek Floriańczyk" <marek.florianczyk@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Cubieboard2 + hostapd + 100 wireless devices
Date: Sun, 07 May 2017 14:19:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1946348.9jam7OIK4C@franki> (raw)

Hello all,

I need to set up such a configuration:
Cubieboard2 with Debian Jessie, Hostapd 2.6 as an AP, usb wifi dongle + 100 
devices with NodeMCU module:
http://www.electrodragon.com/product/esp-12f-esp8266-wifi-board/

I'm using usb wifi dongle based on Ralink RT5370 Wireless Adapter,
after I have switched hostapd network mode to "b" it works quite well (tested 
with 70 devices). Only text commands are going to be send from server to 
devices, so I don't need high speed, I need reliability.

Has someone any experience with such a setup ?
Would one recommend different wifi dongle (maybe more powerful), with different 
chipset?
I have also tested:
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WN722N
But according to this info (and my experience)
http://geekofpassage.blogspot.com/2014/07/openwrt-ath9khtc-could-not-add-sta-to.html
There is hardware limit on the number of devices that can be connected to AP.
Any other hints?
This whole setup is supposed to be installed in a bus (double decker), single 
server (AP) and wifi module for each seat.

Best Regards
Marek

             reply	other threads:[~2017-05-07 21:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-07 12:19 Marek Floriańczyk [this message]
2017-05-10  9:31 ` Cubieboard2 + hostapd + 100 wireless devices Stanislaw Gruszka
2017-05-10 14:30   ` Marek Floriańczyk
2017-05-15  8:24     ` Stanislaw Gruszka

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