[MLB-WIRELESS] roaming between 2 AP's?

Charles Wyble charles at thewybles.com
Thu Nov 6 11:57:21 EST 2008


Michael Vale wrote:
> Mesh's are a good idea, and maybe ok in this small scenario, but in a 
> real case scenario, they are terribly slow, from one side of the mesh 
> to the other you'll be lucky to get any better than dial-up speeds.  
> sorry to say, but it is true.

So can you qualify that?

What software was used?
What hardware?
What type of radios/antennas?
How many nodes?
How recent was this experience?

You made a blanket statement, and I tend to react to any blanket 
statement with a request for information. :)

Thanks.
>
> Michael.
>
> Charles Wyble wrote:
>> Krystin,
>>
>> Thanks for mentioning that. I was planning too but wanted to see what 
>> other people suggested. :)
>>
>> I second the recommendation of a mesh.
>>
>> Also check out http://www.open80211s.org along with 
>> http://www.olsr.org/ (It's easy to call it
>> OSLR I have done that on many occasions. ) :)
>>
>>
>> Krystin wrote:
>>  
>>> Have you guys looked at any of the freifunk firmware. Using the OSLR
>>> protocol. It works wonderfully on Linksys WRT54G's.
>>> http://freifunk.net/wiki/FreifunkFirmwareEnglish
>>>
>>> The other sujestion and probally the succeeder of the OSLR protocol 
>>> would be
>>> Batman / RO.B.IN http://www.blogin.it/
>>>
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