> 1. large wifi networks start to hit scaling problems - they start to need > routers and name services that are relatively expensive, and ip address > ranges start to become a scarce resource.
Not so. Self-organasing mesh networks appear to have some interesting properties. There is a number of open solutions and at least one startup I know about based on this. Real stuff ... http://w3.antd.nist.gov/wctg/manet/manet_bibliog.html http://locustworld.com/ http://www.mitre.org/tech_transfer/mobilemesh/ ... and rants: http://www.wirelessanarchy.com/ http://www.gldialtone.com/whyP2Pwireless.htm http://slashdot.org/articles/02/10/01/2220255.shtml?tid=126 ===== end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
