Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] general theory question RE: dhcp on a peer only mesh

[Jon Roland]

Exactly my point. If enough open mesh networks proliferate they will eventually all mesh with one another and if we don't have a way to cope with it, we will have a severe performance problem. Our present financial crisis arose from the use by hedge fund managers of the Black-Sholes algorithm that promised its users that it would "hardly ever fail", but for which I showed if enough players used it, failure would be inevitable and disastrous. We need solutions that can scale to any possible size. On 12/16/2009 12:43 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote: So you are proposing a flat layer 2 network with billions of nodes. What do you think will happen to performance when billions of nodes receive every ARP broadcast? -- Jon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux Migration Network 2900 W Anderson Ln C-200-322, Austin, TX 78757 512/299-5001 www.linux-migration.net jrol...@linux-migration.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------