Return-path: Received: from mail-io0-f181.google.com ([209.85.223.181]:33607 "EHLO mail-io0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750758AbcEQPO1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 May 2016 11:14:27 -0400 Received: by mail-io0-f181.google.com with SMTP id f89so27366586ioi.0 for ; Tue, 17 May 2016 08:14:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <878tz9p4z7.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> References: <5500469A22567C4BAF673A6E86AFA3A4022D20D2594E@IR-CENTRAL.corp.innerrange.com> <878tz9p4z7.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 17:14:26 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20160517_171431_273862_EAADB8F6) Subject: Re: rt2800 maximum clients in access point mode From: Helmut Schaa To: Kalle Valo Cc: Craig McQueen , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Kalle Valo wrote: > Craig McQueen writes: > >> What is the maximum number of clients that an rt2800 device can >> support simultaneously while in access point mode? >> >> I've had a look through the Linux kernel code and searched online, but >> haven't been able to find an answer so far. > > If you find the answer, please submit a patch to set > wiphy->max_ap_assoc_sta in the driver. That way the limit is clearly > visible and hostapd can make use of it. As far as I remember, rt2800 has a limited key table (222 entries according to the comments in the code). Adding more STAs worked fine for me last time I tried (couple of years ago). In that case rt2800 should fall back to software crypto. Helmut