On 08/24/2010 11:39 AM, L. Aaron Kaplan wrote: > > On Aug 24, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Richard A. Smith wrote: > >> >> On 08/24/2010 10:13 AM, Reuben K. Caron wrote: >> >>> Consider the benefits of using open source software versus our >>> closed source firmware and partnering with communities like >>> Freifunk whose network is ~ 800 node, guifi.net is almost 10k >>> nodes in Barcelona, Athens Wireless is 5k nodes. >> >> The largest of our mesh problems did not have to do with >> scalability on sheer number of nodes but rather scalability in >> density. Is there any information available on how these networks >> perform when there are 50 - 100 of them next all in the same room >> or in adjacent rooms? > > Yes! And the answer is very very simple: turn down the txpower! > ;-)))
Can you provide me with a pointer to the numbers? Whats the maximum number of nodes can you have operated in a given area and what sort of network traffic tests did you run? -- Richard A. Smith <rich...@laptop.org> One Laptop per Child _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel