Hello, TI's chipset on the BBBW has constraint of 10-nodes for track. But I think this is not a problem for a network consists of 32-nodes or higher. Right? Just, one node can not track the 11-nodes, but it can track 10-nodes at most.
Thank you. On Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 7:33:19 PM UTC+3, drhun...@gmail.com wrote: > > Yes it it is WiLink8 on-chip RAM that is a hardware limit. > > I didn't write the documentation so this is my interpretation. > > - The mesh can contain up to 32 nodes in the entire network. My guess is > that this is a limitation in the open80211 software for the number of nodes > that can be kept track of. I have a memory of a conversation that the 32 is > actually not a hard limit but actually more of a test limit in that the > test network had 32 nodes. So TI said max 32 as that is all that had been > tested. > - With in the mesh network each node can maintain a connection to its 10 > nearest nodes. This is only a subset of the nodes in the mesh and the mesh > will work as long as each node can see at least two other nodes. > > To me this makes sense as the main purpose of a mesh is to extend the > reach of the Wi-Fi. If all 32 nodes were in range of the AP then it would > be much simpler to just connect them all as stations. > Iain > > On Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 8:59:50 PM UTC+1, don_wrt wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Is it on-chip RAM size limit inside the WiLink8 chip? So, it is a >> hardware-limit. In this case, a mesh network with more than 10-BBBWs can >> not installed? But, why did TI have written an expression in the WiLink8 >> user's guide "Maximum number of nodes in the entire network is 32" ? So >> this expression is not true. Or maybe it means that yes there can be >> 32-nodes in the network but only 10-of them are BBBWs and others 22-nodes >> are not BBBWs, such an another kind of wireless nodes? >> >> Thank you. >> >> On Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 9:52:38 PM UTC+3, drhun...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> The limit is in the RAM on the WiLink8. There is only enough to hold the >>> state information for 10 connections. >>> The 11th connection will just fail. >>> Iain >>> >>> On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 3:25:46 PM UTC+1, don_wrt wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear All, >>>> >>>> At most how many beaglebone black wireless modules have you ever >>>> connected to each other at the same time within a mesh network ? There are >>>> some constraints for TI Wilink8 chip. One of them is maximum number of >>>> connected peers per single peer in the network. It is 10 in the user guide >>>> doc. Is it a Wilink8 hardware caused limit or driver limit? What will be >>>> possible results when connecting more than 10 beaglebones at the same time >>>> within a network? >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/41d2bbd9-fe81-45d3-9c51-731047b1de0f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
