John, Jim and Jack, I appreciate the time and effort you're all putting into this discussion. I'm sure I'm just one of many who are following it with *great* interest.
John, if you can put together a paper showing the test results, it would make fascinating reading. And if you can further try the real-world simulation that Jim suggests where some of the associated radios (e.g. your laptop) are at the edge of the range of the radio while running the test (rather than in the same room), that will demonstate your point that this is a feasible implementation. I suspect either Jim or Jack would be happy to critique your setup so it can clearly demonstrate the real-world results to their satisfaction and I hope you'll solicit or at least consider their input. Knowing the bounds of what does and doesn't work would be a great service to your customers, as well as the larger group of would-be customers and other wireless users out here. Btw, John, while I have your attention, many thanks for making RouterOS possible. It is the heart of our community network at www.socalfreenet.org/goldenhill where we use it as the captive portal, NAT gateway and P2P shaping box. For the most part it has been a rock solid, feature-rich and easy-to-work-with solution. And your continued efforts to improve it with regular updates have helped tremendously. Thanks. cheers, michael www.socalfreenet.org
