[MLB-WIRELESS] good article

[vortex]

you really do not want 70 ppl on one BSS or IBSS PoP (access point or host)

IBSS will give massive 'hidden node' issues.
BSS will get very very busy (and using BSS means AP-AP BSS communication (for 
roaming, etc) is only possible between same brand of firmware & chipset - 
this is not specified in IEEE standards - yet! :-/ )

HAL2001 had probably the largest wireless network installation yet recorded 
with over 650 wireless devices spread unevenly over about 10 network APs.  
Alberto Escudero-Pascual is going to write a paper on analysis of the data he 
collected during this massive ad hoc get-together. Actually - that was a 
while back now - he needs prompting ... :>

.vortex

On Tuesday 02 October 2001  2:25 pm, Drew wrote:
> http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1436/byt20010926s0003/1001_bar.html
>
> this guy has a 70+ user freenet in israel, wished he gave more info, but
> cool nonetheless. good to see that this idea actually *will* work with a
> lot of people.
>
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