Hi Adam,

2014-11-11 22:43 GMT+01:00 Adam Hunt <[email protected]>:

> This reminds me... I was wondering, would it be possible to host more than
> one wireless interface on a theoretical RIOT border router? I was thinking
> about the possibility of a single boarder router with both 2.4 GHz and
> sub-GHz radios on it.


Theoretically yes, but keep in mind that this increases the size of the
greatest fiend in the embedded Internet: the buffers ;-)


> Another thing I was thinking was a wireless coordinator (no wired
> ethernet, wifi, or what have you) with multiple radios in the various bands
> to allow communication between devices in different portions of the
> spectrum. This would allow for a network that physically looks contiguous
> instead of having to have two disparate wireless networks that are required
> to communicate via a border router or maybe even a classic Linux/BSD router.
>

That would be a border router nevertheless (just between two LoWPANs*). So
yes, though it is not described in any standard I know, this scenario might
be possible. At least in theory… But even than I would propably prefer to
connect multiple boards over an Ethernet switch, just to keep the routing
overhead low ;-).


> Thanks,
> Adam
>

You're welcome,
Martine


* LoWPAN as in Low-Power wireless personal area network, not to be confused
with 6LoWPAN ;-)
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