[MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless Cluster ???

Clae clae at tpg.com.au
Tue May 21 20:27:34 EST 2002


As far as access to an internet feed goes, I think our best bet lies 
in an alliance with a carrier, either a commercial one or someone 
like APANA.   Provided we are not seen as a threat to their income.

Clae.

At 7:48 PM +1000 21/5/02, Matt Pearce wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>Would it be possible and feasible once we have a reasonable mesh of 
>pc's running together to run a wireless clustering system using 
>linux and "possibly" sell our combined proccessing power to research 
>companies to pay for shared internet access for all ???.
>
>Please dont dredge up all other old wars on this one.  All I am 
>asking is would it be possible and feasible and what sorta 
>performamce would the slow wireless cards make instead of hardwired 
>LAN's ??  Obviously it would also depend on the performance of the 
>server its running on as well but that an equation that is akin to 
>how long is a peice of string.
>
>Matt.


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