We're up to about 400 subs on one half of the network. We're about to start routing. We'll know in a few months if it helps or not. marlon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Ihnen" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 9:02 AM Subject: [WISPA] When to route? > OK, I know: "friends don't let friends bridge networks". But at what if > the networks are small? > > The reason I ask is I'm wondering if I'd have anything to gain by setting > up static routing (now that the new UBNT beta added this to the gui). > > What I have is a satellite internet modem going to an MT box. The MT box > is wired to an 802.11g AP/wired switch (which has wireless clients). Also > wired to that switch are two backhauls with clients at the far ends. One > backhaul is a pair of PS2's (the one closest to the switch is WDS Station > and the far end is WDS AP with clients). The other backhaul is a pair of > NS5M's running Airmax (obviously no clients) and wired to the far NS5M is > a Bullet 2M running as 802.11b/g/n AP with clients. All the hardware is in > the 192.168.7.x/24 range as are most of the clients, though I give some > clients addresses in the 192.168.0.x/24 range to keep them isolated from > the hardware and other clients. The MT box doesn't allow traffic between > the 192.168.7.x and the 192.168.0.x net. > > > ---PS2~~~~~~~PS2 > with clients (192.168.0.x) > / > Sat modem---MT box---switch/ap with clients 192.168.7.x > \ > > ----NS5M~~~~~NS5M----Bullet2M > with clients 192.168.7.x > > > I'm assuming now traffic for all clients transit all segments of the > network i.e. traffic for a client wirelessly connected to the Bullet2M is > also transiting the segment of the network comprised of the PS2's. Is that > right or does the gear (in this case the switch joining the different > segments of the network learn who's where and route the traffic > accordingly? I'm assuming not. So if I made it so the clients on each AP > were in a different subnet and static routed then traffic would only > travel the pertinent network segment? > > Greg > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
