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
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
) bouncing off the walls
etc. 802.11n thrives off these multipath effects.
As I said - first solve layer 1 2 issues and then think about layer 3 meshing.
I hope I could help.
Best regards,
L. Aaron Kaplan
(OE1SYS)
PS: please forward my answers to the list or allow me to post to the list. I am
(...)
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
On Aug 24, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Reuben K. Caron wrote:
On Aug 24, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Richard A. Smith wrote:
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