[MLB-WIRELESS] connecting

[vortex]

On Friday 02 August 2002 5:07 pm, Clae wrote:
> At the moment it's true that we have very few functioning access
> points.  Most of the existing entries on the nodemap are "interested"
> or "building".  The arrival anyday now of a recent bulk purchase of
> omnidirectional antennas should see a gradual change in that
> situation.
>
> As far as the question of how data is passed along from one node to
> another, we have a working group looking into that:
> http://wireless.org.au/wiki/?WGRouting , and when they have a
> reccommended method we will be able to start rolling that out across
> the exisiting nodes.

I've been down this path with free2air, consume and freenetworks. And it was 
the main topic of my presentation at the global wireless meet hosted by 
SeattleWireless in January this year. Is it too late to join this workgroup?

> Ideally - and this is my opinion only - we would like to have as many
> sites as possible operating as repeaters ("Access Points").  It is
> really too early to make a blanket recommendation "_against_ using
> omnidirectional".  It is very much going to depend on your location,
> who and what is around you, and whether you want your site to become
> a repeater or not.  Some sites/uses will need a combination of omni
> and directional antennas - for example, a hilltop or high building
> linking directionally to something a long way away (directional), and
> providing blanket coverage to the local area (omni).

Absolutely. In fact the reverse is true in many circumstances.

groundzero (a host based gateway) is developing into quite a hub for mulitple 
point to point connections, and this requires an omni. Oh, radical subnetting 
quashes the hidden node issue. This would not be possible with many APs that 
don't switch to IBSS mode - AP to AP point to point communication just ain't 
gonna work.

.vortex


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