Re: [Madwifi-devel] Small town mesh: ad-hoc versos ahdemo
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From: Derek S. <de...@in...> - 2008-09-26 02:13:13
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hi, AH demo will suffice. A working network is better than one which does not work. You have shown that adhoc fails for you. So, you have "nothing deployable". It would appear the answer is to ahdemo... >From the wiki: http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/AhdemoInterface With ahdemo, you bypass the beacon handling code in madwifi - which has been problematic in the past. With ahdemo, You lose nothing on security. Anyone can send packets with a bssid of zero and join your network. With IBSS/adhoc, they can send on the selected BSSID and join your network. with IBSS/adhoc, they will see your beacons, and probe your network. I have used ahdemo - the throughput performance was poor. Not sure why.. Derek. On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Ignacio García Pérez wrote: > Hi, > > In a ~20 node small town mesh I've been lately dealing with any combination > of the following: stuck beacon, ramping ping and IBSS split, and though > thanks to much testing and invaluable patches from several people here, I've > become to ultimately ask myself if ad-hoc is actually needed and ahdemo > would suffice: > > - All nodes are known and use atheros hardware. > - All nodes are static. > - No other devices participate in the network. > > All advice will be much appreciated. > > Thankx. > -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@in... ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ |