[MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless card difficulty

[Denis Dowling]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Tony Langdon
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2002 8:40 AM
> To: 'Drew'; melbwireless at www.wireless.org.au
> Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless card difficulty
>
>
> > Your card was in AP client mode, what you want is host ap
> > mode. That is
> > only available in Linux with prism2 chipsets afaik.
> > (Enterasys is hermes
> > chipset)  What is wrong with ibss (adhoc) mode?
>
> In many cases, you don't want an AP (or having one means you need
> a bit more
> wired infrastructure in your wireless DMZ).  The only problem I see with
> iBSS is when you have hidden transmitters, which can happen in some
> circumstances.  With hidden transmitters present, from what I've read,
> you're better off running an AP and have all traffic go through
> that.  That
> might sound like a performance hit, until you realise that a CSMA/CA
> channel's efficiency takes a huge nosedive once utilisation
> increases beyond
> around 18%.

Where does 18% come from. I seem to remember it to be more around the 80% to
90% mark for wired Ethernet.



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