I am not disputing that at all. What I was saying that mesh is a routing mechanism and as such is used on the backhaul and microcell to tie them together. As such it is far superior to a backhaul and microcell approach without mesh routing. That is all I was trying to say.
Lonnie On 2/23/06, chris cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The primary challenge from my experience is LOS issues on the link side. > You can solve this by deploying more nodes or more injection points > according to design and budget. The new 900 Mhz cards look interesting > to link those few out of the way nodes. > > chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Lonnie Nunweiler > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:52 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mesh Equipment > > I guess you'll have to learn more about Mesh because if you did you > would not say that a dedicated backhaul and microcell approach gives > the same functionality. Sure a dedicated backhaul and microcell are > fine because that is what people have been building since forever. > > Mesh handles routing issues and requires routed networks. Is that the > problem you see? > > Lonnie > > On 2/23/06, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > First off, don't. Mesh is all the rage today. Just like hotspots > were a > > couple of years ago. Mesh and muni are often rolled out in the same > > sentence. Show me ONE that's working correctly past the 6 to 12 month > > stage...... > > > > Having said that, you can still give them the same functionality. > > > > Use a dedicated backhaul system. Trango, Airaya, Canopy, Alvarion, > pick > > your high end ptmp system. Use that to feed micro cell wifi > deployments > > that are down at street level. > > > > Same functionality, greater flexibility, MUCH better scalability and, > I > > believe, much better stability. > > > > That help? > > Marlon > > (509) 982-2181 Equipment > > sales > > (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services > > 42846865 (icq) And I run > > my own wisp! > > 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) > > www.odessaoffice.com/wireless > > www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: ISPlists > > To: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com ; 'WISPA General List' > > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:32 PM > > Subject: [WISPA] Mesh Equipment > > > > Does anyone have a good recommendation on some Mesh equipment. I have > a > > small town that wants to provide Internet access to the entire town > and I'm > > thinking of using mesh technology. Any ideas would be great. > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > -- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > -- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > > -- > Lonnie Nunweiler > Valemount Networks Corporation > http://www.star-os.com/ > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 267.15.0 - Release Date: 2/1/2006 > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Lonnie Nunweiler Valemount Networks Corporation http://www.star-os.com/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/