Hi Yile,

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Yile Ku <[email protected]> wrote:
> We have done some testing and seen the following with the latest build of
> OpenWRT:
>
> The nodes do not select the next hop based on RSSI.  We have three nodes A,
> B, C.  B is closer to C than A by a half mile.  but A can still connect to
> C,  A does not choose to go through B but goes directly to C.   Is signal
> strength a deciding factor in which node to connect to?

No, the nodes will simply establish a peering with any nearby
neighbors. That said, the mpath may end up being multihop if it
provides a better metric. Some patches to improve path switching are
floating on the list.

> We only see a 1 Megabit Tx and Rx link rate between stations using the 'iw
> dev wlan1 station dump' command.

This is likely because no traffic has been generated yet, so you're
just seeing 1mb/s for the station's beacons.
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