On Monday 17 April 2006 11:37 pm, Rony Bill wrote: > jtd wrote: > > Fred had two +12db omnis which were mounted on pipes. You need to > > mod netgear's AP not linksys to fit an external cable and > > antenna. The reflashed APs allow u to boost power to max (100mw). > > Could you give a brief idea of what this mesh was all about and how > different would it be from APs used in repeater/relaying mode to > increase range?
Most APs can work as repeaters or APs. So you cannot have a repeater acting as AP. Also a repeater will talk to one more repeater and AP. In a mesh network each ap can act as ap and repeater and will talk to whoever connects. It also has routing protocol OSLR which allows it to route packets correctly. This is adhoc mode. > Sorry if I have missed out on something. What about > bandwidth? Would it get divided like a serial/cascading load? Throughput deteriorates as the mesh size increases. U have increased latency and reduced per user bandwidth. These are things which are being addressed. Latency is the issue for voip over 802.11. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
