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How many nodes can publish to a single topic?

asked 2018-10-07 02:36:39 -0500

hamed ghasemi
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hello every body. I'm new in Ros and I have a simple question. How many nodes can publish to a single topic? thank you.

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answered 2018-10-07 05:29:44 -0500

gvdhoorn
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updated 2018-10-07 08:34:49 -0500

Theoretically? An infinite number of ~~nodes~~ publishers can publish to the same topic.

Practically? Until you run out of CPU, memory or network bandwidth. But even then there is no real limit, things will just get really, really, really slow and unreliable.