Has anyone had any experience with ad-hoc wifi mesh networks? We're looking
at setting up a temporary, mobile wifi mesh network to help us commission a
site at work. Generally the work we'll be doing is inside buildings with
metal sheeting inside the walls, so we'd be looking at multiple
battery-powered relay points, and a mobile testing setup in a rack on
wheels or something. The idea is that we plug a network device into a node
at the eventual termination point and then wander around with a laptop and
test the device.
Anyone know which is the most popular/robust/fast standard? I'd rather not
recommend we buy a shitty propitiatory, vendor-specific flavour of mesh
network.
> Has anyone had any experience with ad-hoc wifi mesh networks? We're
> looking at setting up a temporary, mobile wifi mesh network to help us
> commission a site at work. Generally the work we'll be doing is inside
> buildings with metal sheeting inside the walls, so we'd be looking at
> multiple battery-powered relay points, and a mobile testing setup in a rack
> on wheels or something. The idea is that we plug a network device into a
> node at the eventual termination point and then wander around with a laptop
> and test the device.
> Anyone know which is the most popular/robust/fast standard? I'd rather not
> recommend we buy a shitty propitiatory, vendor-specific flavour of mesh
> network.
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> On 3 September 2012 09:30, tjhowse <tjho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone had any experience with ad-hoc wifi mesh networks? We're
>> looking at setting up a temporary, mobile wifi mesh network to help us
>> commission a site at work. Generally the work we'll be doing is inside
>> buildings with metal sheeting inside the walls, so we'd be looking at
>> multiple battery-powered relay points, and a mobile testing setup in a rack
>> on wheels or something. The idea is that we plug a network device into a
>> node at the eventual termination point and then wander around with a laptop
>> and test the device.
>> Anyone know which is the most popular/robust/fast standard? I'd rather not
>> recommend we buy a shitty propitiatory, vendor-specific flavour of mesh
>> network.
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A super cheap option would be to bung down a few wifi repeaters. You can
get an 802.11N repeater that plugs straight into a wall socket. Anyone had
any experience with these? I'm dubious about performance of dumb repeaters
in this configuration, I imagine there could be a lot of crosstalk and
non-optimal pairing going on.
On 3 September 2012 09:54, Luke Hovington <lu...@hovo.id.au> wrote:
> > On 3 September 2012 09:30, tjhowse <tjho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Has anyone had any experience with ad-hoc wifi mesh networks? We're
> >> looking at setting up a temporary, mobile wifi mesh network to help us
> >> commission a site at work. Generally the work we'll be doing is inside
> >> buildings with metal sheeting inside the walls, so we'd be looking at
> >> multiple battery-powered relay points, and a mobile testing setup in a
> rack
> >> on wheels or something. The idea is that we plug a network device into a
> >> node at the eventual termination point and then wander around with a
> laptop
> >> and test the device.
> >> Anyone know which is the most popular/robust/fast standard? I'd rather
> not
> >> recommend we buy a shitty propitiatory, vendor-specific flavour of mesh
> >> network.
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It would come down to the "smarts", I can't speek for wifi mesh but
other wireless mesh networks either receive and transmit knowing it's
destination, transmit on a different frequency band or broadcast the
data to the network for a time period in the hope it gets to it's
destination. I would hope they would sample for traffic before send at
least, reducing the cross talk but not eliminating it.
They are all in my opinion inefficient of carrying high bandwidth data
streams so you would have to predict the traffic in the network.
The other option may be to have point to point links, this way you can
control the traffic flow.
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM, tjhowse <tjho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A super cheap option would be to bung down a few wifi repeaters. You can get
> an 802.11N repeater that plugs straight into a wall socket. Anyone had any
> experience with these? I'm dubious about performance of dumb repeaters in
> this configuration, I imagine there could be a lot of crosstalk and
> non-optimal pairing going on.
> On 3 September 2012 09:54, Luke Hovington <lu...@hovo.id.au> wrote:
>> I have been using gear that I can install http://www.dd-wrt.com/ on
>> to.. most of my hardware are the linksys WRT54GL (L = linux)
>> > On 3 September 2012 09:30, tjhowse <tjho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Has anyone had any experience with ad-hoc wifi mesh networks? We're
>> >> looking at setting up a temporary, mobile wifi mesh network to help us
>> >> commission a site at work. Generally the work we'll be doing is inside
>> >> buildings with metal sheeting inside the walls, so we'd be looking at
>> >> multiple battery-powered relay points, and a mobile testing setup in a
>> >> rack
>> >> on wheels or something. The idea is that we plug a network device into
>> >> a
>> >> node at the eventual termination point and then wander around with a
>> >> laptop
>> >> and test the device.
>> >> Anyone know which is the most popular/robust/fast standard? I'd rather
>> >> not
>> >> recommend we buy a shitty propitiatory, vendor-specific flavour of mesh
>> >> network.
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> It would come down to the "smarts", I can't speek for wifi mesh but
> other wireless mesh networks either receive and transmit knowing it's
> destination, transmit on a different frequency band or broadcast the
> data to the network for a time period in the hope it gets to it's
> destination. I would hope they would sample for traffic before send at
> least, reducing the cross talk but not eliminating it.
> They are all in my opinion inefficient of carrying high bandwidth data
> streams so you would have to predict the traffic in the network.
> The other option may be to have point to point links, this way you can
> control the traffic flow.
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM, tjhowse <tjho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > A super cheap option would be to bung down a few wifi repeaters. You can
> get
> > an 802.11N repeater that plugs straight into a wall socket. Anyone had
> any
> > experience with these? I'm dubious about performance of dumb repeaters in
> > this configuration, I imagine there could be a lot of crosstalk and
> > non-optimal pairing going on.
> > On 3 September 2012 09:54, Luke Hovington <lu...@hovo.id.au> wrote:
> >> I have been using gear that I can install http://www.dd-wrt.com/ on
> >> to.. most of my hardware are the linksys WRT54GL (L = linux)
> >> > On 3 September 2012 09:30, tjhowse <tjho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> Has anyone had any experience with ad-hoc wifi mesh networks? We're
> >> >> looking at setting up a temporary, mobile wifi mesh network to help
> us
> >> >> commission a site at work. Generally the work we'll be doing is
> inside
> >> >> buildings with metal sheeting inside the walls, so we'd be looking at
> >> >> multiple battery-powered relay points, and a mobile testing setup in
> a
> >> >> rack
> >> >> on wheels or something. The idea is that we plug a network device
> into
> >> >> a
> >> >> node at the eventual termination point and then wander around with a
> >> >> laptop
> >> >> and test the device.
> >> >> Anyone know which is the most popular/robust/fast standard? I'd
> rather
> >> >> not
> >> >> recommend we buy a shitty propitiatory, vendor-specific flavour of
> mesh
> >> >> network.
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g'day i got a bigpond wireless cable modem setup in he lounge room at home, but the signal is quite poor in the main bedroom down the other end of the house, anyways, i had setup a cable to the bedroom for the TV, but seeing as i had a spare wireless 3G modem lying about i hooked it up a voila it wireless access in the bedroom settings req.. setup the ssid and password the same as your main router so it's seemless, but ensure you set a different channel. there is a guide on the net somewhere that i found to do it i'm sure you be able to find it cheers Brendon Poole
> It can run openwrt, costs little more than a pluggable range extender. > Looks like it could be good.
> On 6 September 2012 14:07, Luke Hovington <lu...@hovo.id.au <javascript:>>wrote:
>> It would come down to the "smarts", I can't speek for wifi mesh but >> other wireless mesh networks either receive and transmit knowing it's >> destination, transmit on a different frequency band or broadcast the >> data to the network for a time period in the hope it gets to it's >> destination. I would hope they would sample for traffic before send at >> least, reducing the cross talk but not eliminating it.
>> They are all in my opinion inefficient of carrying high bandwidth data >> streams so you would have to predict the traffic in the network.
>> The other option may be to have point to point links, this way you can >> control the traffic flow. >> <<snip snip>>
> It can run openwrt, costs little more than a pluggable range extender.
> Looks like it could be good.
> On 6 September 2012 14:07, Luke Hovington <lu...@hovo.id.au> wrote:
> It would come down to the "smarts", I can't speek for wifi mesh but
> other wireless mesh networks either receive and transmit knowing it's
> destination, transmit on a different frequency band or broadcast the
> data to the network for a time period in the hope it gets to it's
> destination. I would hope they would sample for traffic before send at
> least, reducing the cross talk but not eliminating it.
> They are all in my opinion inefficient of carrying high bandwidth data
> streams so you would have to predict the traffic in the network.
> The other option may be to have point to point links, this way you can
> control the traffic flow.
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM, tjhowse <tjho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > A super cheap option would be to bung down a few wifi repeaters. You can
> get
> > an 802.11N repeater that plugs straight into a wall socket. Anyone had
> any
> > experience with these? I'm dubious about performance of dumb repeaters in
> > this configuration, I imagine there could be a lot of crosstalk and
> > non-optimal pairing going on.
> > On 3 September 2012 09:54, Luke Hovington <lu...@hovo.id.au> wrote:
> >> I have been using gear that I can install http://www.dd-wrt.com/ on
> >> to.. most of my hardware are the linksys WRT54GL (L = linux)
> >> > On 3 September 2012 09:30, tjhowse <tjho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> Has anyone had any experience with ad-hoc wifi mesh networks? We're
> >> >> looking at setting up a temporary, mobile wifi mesh network to help
> us
> >> >> commission a site at work. Generally the work we'll be doing is
> inside
> >> >> buildings with metal sheeting inside the walls, so we'd be looking at
> >> >> multiple battery-powered relay points, and a mobile testing setup in
> a
> >> >> rack
> >> >> on wheels or something. The idea is that we plug a network device
> into
> >> >> a
> >> >> node at the eventual termination point and then wander around with a
> >> >> laptop
> >> >> and test the device.
> >> >> Anyone know which is the most popular/robust/fast standard? I'd
> rather
> >> >> not
> >> >> recommend we buy a shitty propitiatory, vendor-specific flavour of
> mesh
> >> >> network.
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