MQTT Communication between OpenWRT AP and WLC

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Hi all
I'm exploring the possibility of establishing communication between an OpenWRT access point (AP) and a Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) using the MQTT protocol. I'm interested in understanding how scalable this approach is for managing network devices and whether there are any existing documentation or resources that could assist in this setup.

Additionally, I would like to know if there are better alternatives to MQTT for achieving this bi-directional communication effectively. Any insights, suggestions, or experiences you could share would be greatly appreciated.

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This seems eerily close to this thread.

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check out the mongoose library ... its very well documented and can run on bare metal. It does mqtt but also sntp, websocket, json over rcpd ..etc small footprint and very powerful. I am currently integrating it with ubus and lua bindings.

check it out here: api --> https://mongoose.ws/documentation/#api-reference
and here: user-guide --> https://mongoose.ws/documentation/#user-guide

you can clone the package from my repo and build it be selecting it in menuconfig

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Thank you for the insights
I will surely look on this

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it answers my question as well
Thanks :+1:

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