[MLB-WIRELESS] roaming between 2 AP's?

[Michael Vale]

In my opinion the routing protocols are good, but node to node (omni to 
omni), results in a slow mesh.  Using multiple radios at each node 
linking the nodes together with ptp links makes a substantial difference.

I have tried with WRT54G's, OpenWRT + OLSR and omni's.
PCEngines Alix boards + Senao 800mW radios and omni's running OpenWRT 
and OLSR
and RouterOS + MME (Mesh Made Easy).
Only since adding a backbone in have the speeds been remotely desirable.

Charles Wyble wrote:
> Michael Vale wrote:
>> Mesh's are a good idea, and maybe ok in this small scenario, but in a 
>> real case scenario, they are terribly slow, from one side of the mesh 
>> to the other you'll be lucky to get any better than dial-up speeds.  
>> sorry to say, but it is true.
>
> So can you qualify that?
>
> What software was used?
> What hardware?
> What type of radios/antennas?
> How many nodes?
> How recent was this experience?
>
> You made a blanket statement, and I tend to react to any blanket 
> statement with a request for information. :)
>
> Thanks.
>>
>> Michael.
>>
>> Charles Wyble wrote:
>>> Krystin,
>>>
>>> Thanks for mentioning that. I was planning too but wanted to see 
>>> what other people suggested. :)
>>>
>>> I second the recommendation of a mesh.
>>>
>>> Also check out http://www.open80211s.org along with 
>>> http://www.olsr.org/ (It's easy to call it
>>> OSLR I have done that on many occasions. ) :)
>>>
>>>
>>> Krystin wrote:
>>>  
>>>> Have you guys looked at any of the freifunk firmware. Using the OSLR
>>>> protocol. It works wonderfully on Linksys WRT54G's.
>>>> http://freifunk.net/wiki/FreifunkFirmwareEnglish
>>>>
>>>> The other sujestion and probally the succeeder of the OSLR protocol 
>>>> would be
>>>> Batman / RO.B.IN http://www.blogin.it/
>>>>
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