Hi Emmanuel 2014-11-12 9:51 GMT+01:00 Emmanuel Baccelli <[email protected]>:
> […] >> 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 ;-). > > I'm not sure I get your point here. More interfaces, more overhead, right. > But what's the fundamental difference between an additional wireless If and > and additional ethernet If in terms of *routing* state? > What I meant was to divide the routing overhead up between several nodes and connecting them via an Ethernet switch (or even better some *nix based router, as Adam suggested) instead of putting all radios for all PANs/LANS on one board, reducing the overhead for the individual node. Hope that clears things up. Cheers, Martine
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