[arm-allstar] Theorhetical node limit

[David McGough]

Mike,

Yes, an RPi3B or later will support 2 USB fobs simultaneously.

73, David KB4FXC



On Mon, 24 Feb 2020, "Mike Sullivan via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> The radios was what I meant, not actual nodes, I don't know what I was
> thinking when I wrote it. My goal was to have two interfaces (radios) per
> Pi, one for the repeater and one for an auxiliary link, if that site needs
> it, to another repeater/system.
> 
> Mike.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:27 PM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> > Mike,
> >
> > For the application you are talking about I don't think you have to worry
> > about limits. I would say at the moment the limit for a Pi4 in turbo mode
> > on an Internet connection that has the bandwidth to support it would be
> > about 70-80 direct node connections. Again way more than you would have
> > simply interfacing repeaters to remote sites.  The other factor is how many
> > actual radios are connected to the Pi. While you can have more than one,
> > some have four, I would recommend only one per Pi. In a multi-repeater site
> > each repeater would have a Pi and all of the Pi's would be connected via an
> > Ethernet switch. So in relation to a multi-port controller each Pi is a
> > port. This makes for a very inexpensive and very manageable repeater system
> > that has the redundancy of the multiple Pi's. These could then be remotely
> > controlled using supermon all on one screen. Does that answer your
> > question?
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:18 PM "Mike Sullivan via ARM-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > All, I am working on designing systems to link up area repeaters and
> > > working on different concepts. I plan on linking each club's system via
> > > Allstar, then also have a radio backup/link to other area repeaters for
> > > as-needed use. I was wondering if there was a theoretical limit to how
> > many
> > > interfaces you can have connected to a system. My goal is to have the
> > > repeater as the main node, link them over Point-to-point links, and have
> > > link radios for linking to other repeaters/systems acting as local nodes.
> > >
> > > Mike
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