Increase maximum number of connection of Wi-Fi hotspot I use my Android TV Box as wi-fi hotspot.

Users  --wi-fi--&gt;  TV Box  --lan--&gt;  Internet


However, wi-fi hotspot limits max 10 wi-fi connections.

For rooted Android device, can we increase this maximum number of connections?
I have been researching about this for some time now, but I have to admit that I failed to get substantive information on the subject.

However I have come to a conclusion, that this setting is hardcoded and difficult to manipulate (perhaps even with root), unless you're compiling a customised ROM from scratch with such modifications.

It may be a restriction by manufacturers perhaps the feasibility based on factors like wi-fi chip capability, CPU power, battery etc (from my observations this limit ranges from 8-12 varying with devices)

The are some workarounds I propose, depending on what you're trying to achieve you could either;


set your Android device as a wi-fi repeater
or first share you device's internet connect to a desktop/laptop PC preferably via USB connection (i.e USB tethering if possible) or other means then reverse-tether that connection to other clients from desktop/laptop.





Using Android device as wi-fi repeater


It is possible to use the android device as wi-fi repeater, through various methods most of which you can find here: Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater?
The consequence is that you can make use of the second Access Point, to have other clients connect to the internet via a wi-fi AP broadcasted from the primary device. 



Nb: Watch out from battery drain and heavy resources consumption



Option 2.


This concept is an indirect method which may demand other pre-requisites i.e a desktop/laptop PC other third-party software for hotspot share (may be freeware or shareware)
Here you need the android device to have its internet connectivity shared to the primary device (i.e PC) first, then the desktop (which is much more capable of accomodating a much larger number of clients than android device) can then share to other clients.


Some of the appropiate methods have been described here: Share WIFI over USB and around the internet.

EDIT

You can check this thread on XDA with a similar question: [MOD] Increase Max Users for Wi-Fi Tethering LG G2 LS980 [NON SPRINT ACTIVATED]