Apple multi-peer with 12 devices is unstable. Dear All,
Has anyone tried Apple multi-peer with 12 devices connected? We are building an application relying on multi-peer where 12 Ipads will be updating data and each device needs to share data between. Can anyone tell me if we can use multi-peer framework for connecting 12 devices in the multi-peer network? We are facing stability problems in the connection when we connect 12 devices in the network.
My general advice is to not use Multipeer Connectivity. You will bump into limits like this, and other issues besides.
With that in mind, I have a couple of questions so that I can help get you on the right track:
How is your network protocol architected? Do you have one main device and all the other devices sync up with that? Or do every device share state directly with every other device?
Do you rely on peer-to-peer Wi-Fi? Or are all these iPads on the same infrastructure Wi-Fi network?
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Thanks for your responses. I am afraid we can't change our architecture at this point as we are very near to a full rollout of our app across the airline fleet. Is there any way we can make this more reliable? If not what would you suggest?
Just to answer below: How is your network protocol architected? Do you have one main device and all the other devices sync up with that? Or do every device share state directly with every other device? It is the former, there is one admin device and multiple ***** devices which connect with the admin. the data captured in each device is relayed to the admin device which then relays it to all devices
Do you rely on peer-to-peer Wi-Fi? Or are all these iPads on the same infrastructure Wi-Fi network? We rely on Wifi Infrastructure onboard and all devices are connected to the same WiFi to exchange data