[MLB-WIRELESS] GHO on Locfinder

[Ryan Abbenhuys]

You're spot on mark.

Those are the exact problems we had. Pretty much resulted in GHO being next
to useless.

I know it's nice in theory to have this GHO node on top of mount dandy for
"everyone" to connect to.

But it simply doesn't work and we were wasting our time. :-\


>My experience with Amateur Packet Radio systems showed me long ago the
placing 
>of all your users on a single central access point causes more trouble
that it 
>is worth.  
>
>1. if the node goes down, then many are disadvantaged, 
>
>2. hidden transmitter problems run riot and the system may as well not be
there.
>
>Although probally already known by you guys, running point 2 point links
to 
>various gepgraphical areas with many nodes for users to access is the best
way 
>to go.  There was an article written many years ago about packet radio 
>called "The cellular approach to Packet Radio", the name says it all.
>
>Just 2c worth......
>
>
>Mark
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