I'm currently setting up several root nodes for meshes, and have yet to decide on a meshing protocol. I've tinkered with both MeshAP on stock MeshAP boxes, and OLSR on openWRT, both seem to do their job.
I have been leaning more and more in the way of MeshAP since I started working with it. It runs on most commodity hardware I've tried it on. Its pretty easy to manage through WIANA. There is some good software available, asterisk comes to mind first. Its easy to grab an old junker PC, and spend your money on a couple good antennas and wifi cards. The openWRT route is cheap, but a pain to administer, and limited to the stock radios. My experience with it is more of a novelty than something that could gain wide spread effective use. Even though I do prefer OLSR to AODV for mesh routing. There is also the Soekris roll-your-own way, which it a fun option, but building a hopped up Access point on the platform can be pricy and time consuming. I think in an Urban Environment like New York meshing could be a powerful tool to give people free roam of the city and to efficient utilize the resources we have... (limited spectrum, dsl connections that get used a few hours a day, etc). I'd like to hear other peoples opinions and experiences with the subject. .darrel. -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 7.0.269 / Virus Database: 265.1.0 - Release Date: 11/9/2004 -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
