[MLB-WIRELESS] meshing

David Arnold arnold at dstc.monash.edu.au
Tue Jan 22 18:53:10 EST 2002


-->"Drew" == Drew  <drew at wirelessanarchy.com> writes:

  Drew> the hidden node problem occurs mostly when using omni's, so to
  Drew> solve that, when you run an omni, you'll probably want to put
  Drew> it in BSS mode.  it's still possible to have the problem
  Drew> running a directional in IBSS, but its far less likely than
  Drew> running an omni in IBSS.

you're right.  and the exposed-node problem also (see the paper Roger
mentioned last night).

so really, if i'm going to run an omni, it really will work better in
BSS mode, and then means either a commercial AP or a PrismII card at
the moment (unless someone has an update?)




d

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