roaming nodes -was- Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] [TECH] Dipole antenna s, and melbwireless

[Tony Langdon]

> >I might wanna run tram mobile on a Windows box LOL  (ppl who know me 
> >would believe this :) ).
> 
> I believe this :-)

Hehehe, for those that don't, you can read about some of my other tram
mobile antics at http://vk3jed.vk.irlp.net/pt.html and
http://vk3jed.vk.irlp.net/sat.html

:-)

> It occurs to me there are two slightly different appraches here:  the 
> truly mobile, ubiquitous, always-on, auto-roaming, 100kph down the 
> western ring-road approach, and the node that might relocate once or 
> twice a day - the laptop user who heads off to the park or cafe for 
> example.  And thus two somewhat different levels of doability.

The latter is the easier version of roaming.  I'd be moist interested in
that form as well, but would certainly try and push things a little harder.
;-)
> 
> >>  > We must support tunneling, as it is the most feasible 
> way to rapidly link
> >>>  segments right now, until more wireless links take over.
> >>
> >>Yep, shortcutting the mesh is going to be *very* important 
> to the overall
> >>scalability of the network.
> 
> won't the directional links serve this purpose to some extent?

How long until we get a 70km link to Geelong or an 800km link to Sydney?
And it's quicker to tie in clusters of connectivity until more nodes pop up.

> I can see here where "relocating" nodes differ from truly stationary 
> ones.  I might only want to move a few times a week, but i might want 
> to move from one side of the city to the other.

The "static" stuff is intended for only fixed tunnels and other non changing
systems. :)


> one day i will understand paragraphs like that really i will
> right now it just makes my head hurt :-)
> 
> Is any of this covered by what these guys are doing?
> http://www.meshnetworks.com/

lol
> 
> "MeshLAN software transforms wireless LAN cards into 
> router-repeaters, which enhances and extends the wireless reach of 
> each subscriber in the network. A MeshLAN-enabled Wi-Fi user who is 
> out of range of an access point can hop through one or more users to 
> reach the access point. Furthermore, the MeshLAN routing intelligence 
> will automatically shift transmissions from congested access points 
> to uncongested ones - easing bottlenecks and improving overall 
> network performance."
> 
> I seem to remember they were licensing their software free for 
> non-commercial applications, but that might have been someone else 
> with a similar name.

Hmm, has a ring of familiarity (are we reinventing the wheel here?).
> 
> >Hrm, maybe...  Dunno, I'm not a lawyer. :)
> 
> neither am i:  here's the bit that makes me wonder though:
> from http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~mesh/doc/2001-10-25-aca-answer.txt

Is there a lawyer in the house? :)

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