On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Karl Haines <k...@nashvilleproweb.com> wrote: > Chris, I was reading about the 50% bandwidth per (non-ethernet) hop the > other day, which was one of the performace issues that I had noted in my > original post. Really a crappy little quirk. Anyway, If you aren’t sharing > files over the network, only browsing, which would need only 2mbps or so, > seems like the hops wouldn’t hurt too much. Not sure, I guess I’ll just have > to try… > > > > From: Chris McQuistion [mailto:cmcquist...@watkins.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 1:34 PM > To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > 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 <k...@nashvilleproweb.com> > 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:cmcquist...@watkins.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:15 PM > To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > 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 <k...@nashvilleproweb.com> > 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 nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. >
The OLPC uses a network mesh similar to this. I don't know if I've seen the stats on how it affects them. Then again, if you're 9 wifi hops away from a dialup adapter, can you tell? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en.
