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
BTW Richard, as far as I remember the problems with 802.11s seemed to be: 1) the standard is not a standard and it was intentionally crippled 2) the drivers were very b0rked and broken (and Marvel did a terrible job with the driver software) Scalability to less than 30 laptops in one room was the result. A standard good AP and standard laptops can go to 30 in one room (with standard settings). So, there was definitely something broken with the Marvel solution. Fix layer 2 first, then look at layer 3. PS: can you forward my answer to the lists? I am not subscribed...
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