[EdLUG] Wifi device limits

[Gábor Majoros]

Hi there

Have not personally experienced this, but the BT HH5A (if that's yours) is
quite a beast and would run openwrt quite happily.
https://openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v5a

Kind regards,

Gabor


On Fri, 26 Mar 2021, 21:19 Keith Wyse, <kwyse3436 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all;
> Posted to EdLUG and Edinburgh Hacklab; sorry for any duplicates.
>
> I've been trying to build my smart home for quite a while now.
> I have noticed that my standard BT v5 wifi box doesn't always connect to
> the remote devices.
> Something suggested on the net was to have the hub reset every night and I
> have a smart socket do that. Still hit & miss if I get all the devices.
>
> So I had the idea of using a recently purchased Raspberry Pi 4 as the wifi
> hub.
> But some of the guides I have found suggest the Pi would only be able to
> connect to 10 devices.
>
> Has anyone else found similar problems and did you find a solution?
>
> Thanks
> Keith
> Scottish Borders
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