At 6/21/2010 01:01 AM, you wrote: > > MicroTik says they have a meshing protocol, HWMPplus, that provides > > Layer 2 (this is critical; we're not building a Layer 3 network, and > > with this many hops, latency and loss are critical) dynamic meshing, > > essentially applying a routing protocol (smarter than bridge STPs) > > among nodes. > >Have you looked at batman-adv on OpenWRT? >http://www.open-mesh.net/wiki/batman-adv
It looks interesting, at a high level. But is OpenWRT up for use on the multi-radio outdoor nodes? The one such vendor that I am aware of is UBNT. Since we our contemplating our own long-term solution, I'm looking for something that works without a whole lot of work out of the box. Configuration, sure; coding, no. So how hard is it to run BaTMAN-adv on a RouterStation? I suppose with three cPCI radio slots on the board and Ethernet that could go to an external radio, a decent-sized node, even sectorized, could be built out of this class of gear, given some nice packaging. -- Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
