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
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,
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
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
Depending on time frames and ability to play, you might want to check
out
http://www.villagetelco.org/2008/06/the-origin-of-the-mesh-potato/
I saw this recently in a magazine, and it sounds like it might be just
what would be interesting to your neighborhood.
- Karl Haines
Hello NLUG,
We were originally going to hold the InstallFest on December 19, 2009.
Unfortunately, we have been informed that it must be moved up by one week
due to the school starting Christmas break and having no heat or air
conditioning. So, the Fest has been pushed forward be a week to
