[EdLUG] Wifi device limits

[Keith Wyse]

Thanks for that Gabor.
As I work from home using the internet I can't risk my current router.
But I have found the same hub for sale pre-installed with openwrt and I
think having a second box as a backup is a good idea, so it is on it's way.

Once I have that, set up & working, I may try converting the original.
My experiments trying to get the RasPi to be a wifi bridge have met with
failure so far.

Interestingly the seller fansn2004 is from Dalkeith - my home town!
Maybe they are on this list?

Thanks all
Keith


On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 at 21:31, Gábor Majoros <mersaint at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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