[Nottingham] WiFi mesh

[Jim Moore]

Sergiusz Pawlowicz wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Jim Moore
> <jmthelostpacket at googlemail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Martin wrote:
>>     
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Anyone played with a WiFi mesh?
>>>
>>> How well do they work?
>>>
>>> And how many nodes can be handled?
>>>
>>> (Mad-cap idea #365426486463982989! :-) )
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Short answer: as many nodes as you want [...]
>>     
>
> I cannot agree. I think you have rewritten this from
> a Motorola (Mesh designer company) "success story"
> leaflet... I've expressed my concerns previously,
> so I do not have to repeat them.
>
> And think - if Mesh is such a perfect solution, why
> almost noone is using it in Europe? :-)
>
> cheers -
> Serge
>   
Nope, no leaflets here. Just from my own limited experience using 
Freenet, and building a small experimental mesh network (14 wirelss 
nodes hooking into Freenet from the same 54g router) in the South 
Meadows area; as to your last - probably  because the 2.4GHz spectrum is 
already cluttered with Bluetooth, video senders, cellphones and 
microwave ovens? Not too many of those in Darkest Congo...

TLP

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