Availability is supposedly resolved. We'll see. Routing... there is a full SDK. You can do anything you want on those things. The new ones have 400+MHz proc's, plenty to do some routing/firewalling.
I just can't see a home grown solution like you're proposing being cost-effective. We spent about 2 months on a project just like this, and started to have some pretty awesome performance and results. Then UBNT stuff came out. On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:39 PM, MDK <[email protected]> wrote: > Given UBNT's record of unavailability of product, and the inability to > route via the interface, I vastly prefer this to UBNT's products. > > Now, mind you, I'm not really putting them down, but this is an excellent > infrastructure tool... Routing and other capabilities that vastly exceed > some better known... > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jayson Baker" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:25 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] FreeBSD hackers.... Needed for WISP related product... > > > Is there really much need for this, given the new AirMax product line? > > I'm just saying... > > > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:19 PM, MDK <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> What would you call a totally proprietary, TDMA based protocol, without > >> ACK > >> or CSMA? > >> > >> Doesn't look a whole lot like 802.11x, but if you wish to say it is, > >> then, > >> for you it is :) > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "Travis Johnson" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 7:36 PM > >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] FreeBSD hackers.... Needed for WISP related > >> product... > >> > >> > If you are using Atheros based hardware, it's still 802.11... > >> > regardless > >> > of what software you put on top of it. > >> > > >> > Travis > >> > Microserv > >> > > >> > MDK wrote: > >> >> If you're a WISP and have interest in using commodity - off the > >> >> shelf - > >> >> Atheros based hardware to achieve higher than ethernet speeds over > >> >> wireless... This is not a tweak of 802.11, it is a completely > >> >> different > >> >> mode... > >> >> > >> >> There is currently an opportunity to do so, where most of the work > has > >> >> been > >> >> done by various others in the FreeBSd community, but it is not > >> integrated > >> >> or > >> >> packaged as a useful WISP product, and that's what needs to be done. > >> >> > >> >> This does not need to result in an open source release, due to the > >> >> relaxed > >> >> BSD license. Or, it can. But I'm looking for some people who > >> >> have > >> >> experience with freebsd, and have an interest in integrating what > >> >> could > >> >> be > >> >> an awesome performing product using inexpensive commodity hardware. > >> >> > >> >> email me at pda at neofast dot net or mark at neofast dot net > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> WISPA Wants You! 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