On Mon, Jul 11, 2022, at 2:24 PM, Stefan Sperling wrote:
Thank you so much for your prompt reply!

> In AP mode, max nodes effectively sets a limit on how many clients can
> be connected concurrently. Because athn(4) USB firmware has an internal
> limit of 8 stations in its station table, and one entry is reserved for
> other use, the USB device can only serve 7 clients at a time.

Can you please show me where that limit is set to 7 or 8?

> In the line of code you linked to, a similar cap is applied based on the
> number of pairwise WPA key slots available in hardware. This should be
> larger than the USB device limit, since the driver queries the device for
> this limit and caps it at 128.
> 

As this paragraph says, rather than 7 or 8, sc->kc_entries is 128.
And lastly, how is ic_max_nnodes used by the net80211 stack?

Thank you!
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