ESP32 Wifi MAC level api - AP

ag1234
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ESP32 Wifi MAC level api - AP

Postby ag1234 » Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:02 am

At the moment, I read some docs
e.g. ESP32 Wi-Fi AP General Scenario
https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp ... l-scenario

but that the info is inadequate to implement say a SoftMAC in Linux using mac80211 or some host OS
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/dev ... n/mac80211

could Expressif consider providing an api for mac level access?
the reason is that esp32 maybe has like 1 MB memory, but some host boards has access to ddr(3,4) ram e.g. like 512 MB, 1G, 2G, 4G etc.
and doing an AP requires quite a lot of ram to keep state and e.g. provide encryption etc.

the main interface is the mac80211 design as if that is possible, the AP can be done on the host side e.g. Linux.
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/dev ... n/mac80211
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media ... c80211.pdf
possibly MS Windows etc would make something similar too

thanks

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Re: ESP32 Wifi MAC level api - AP

Postby ESP_Sprite » Fri Apr 28, 2023 5:31 am

Is this perhaps what you're looking for?

ag1234
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Re: ESP32 Wifi MAC level api - AP

Postby ag1234 » Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:14 am

ESP_Sprite wrote:
Fri Apr 28, 2023 5:31 am
Is this perhaps what you're looking for?
Thanks! this is indeed what i'm looking for.

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