I 2nd that approach! I have only used WDS in small, controlled settings, but, it was fickle at some point in time it always seemed. Nice idea, but.. I am sure higher end WDS implementations might well be more robust than a WRT-derivative, but, as Chris notes, home-running to each WAP will probably be more reliable in the long run.
From: Chris McQuistion [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 1:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nlug] Wireless distribution system or other wireless mesh implementations I personally prefer Tomato firmware over DD-WRT, though DD-WRT does let you do more tweaking. I have used WDS on both and they work about the same. Here is a link to the Tomato FAQ that talks about how to set it up. http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#how_do_i_use_wds We have a campus-wide wireless network, now, but we don't use WDS any more. We simply run ethernet to every WAP and assign the same SSID and password and encryption to every AP and put them on different channels if they are close enough to detect each other. This works far more reliably than WDS. In a WDS setup, you have two points that can get messed up and you cut the bandwidth in half every time you have to hop from one WAP to another WAP. Chris On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Karl Haines <[email protected]> wrote: Chris, I'll be running Ethernet to the ones that I can obviously, but I'd like to add a few where I can't run Ethernet, like across the street, etc. I'm creating a little neighborhood hotspot here, and I'd like to be able to reach as far out as possible. We'll be investing in some omni-directional antennas as well. Anyone who as experience with that, please speak up as well!! Thanks ;) Karl From: Chris McQuistion [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nlug] Wireless distribution system or other wireless mesh implementations I've used it with DD-WRT and Tomato firmware. What are you trying to achieve? Specifically, do you need to extend a wireless network with wireless access point to access point communication or do you have the capability of running ethernet to each WAP? Chris On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Karl Haines <[email protected]> wrote: I'm looking into doing a wireless mesh setup. I've been looking into WDS, which is supported by the dd-wrt firmware I'm currently planning to use on these routers. So far it looks like it should do what I want, but there will be some hits to performance, as always. Has anyone here used WDS or any other wireless mesh systems? Any advice and/or opinions? Thanks in advance, Karl Haines -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en.
