Re: [IAEP] Mesh Dreams = OLSR

2010-08-24 Thread L. Aaron Kaplan
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

Re: [IAEP] Mesh Dreams = OLSR

2010-08-24 Thread L. Aaron Kaplan
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

Re: [IAEP] Mesh Dreams = OLSR

2010-08-24 Thread L. Aaron Kaplan
) 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

Re: [IAEP] Mesh Dreams = OLSR

2010-08-24 Thread L. Aaron Kaplan
(...) 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

Re: [IAEP] Mesh Dreams = OLSR

2010-08-24 Thread L. Aaron Kaplan
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