Pre-n or not Pre-n, topology

[Sean Jensen-Grey]

I might be naive but couldn't you use 3 or 4 WRT54GS nodes in a mesh back to a common endpoint? 

Wouldn't that get you around obstacles and roaming? And the only setup is that each AP can see 1 or more APs in the chain.

Sean

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:35:49PM -0700, auto43348 at hushmail.com wrote:
> So is it better to use pre-n with stock antennas or 801.11b/g with 
> gain omni antennas?
> 
> It makes sense that any variant of beam forming would depend upon 
> antenna separation, polarization, feed line length, etc.  But since 
> the Linksys boxes don't use beam forming but just MIMO, then 
> antenna placement may not be an issue.
> 
> I need to learn a bit about WDS, but with my application should I 
> use WDS or just put the remote APs in bridge mode?  It certainly 
> would be nice to have some roaming capabilities between APs, but 
> not necessary.
> 
> Does a configuration of:
> point A with gain omni
> point B with directional patch on ant 1 pointed at A and stock omni 
> on ant 2
> point C with directional patch on ant 1 pointed at A and stock omni 
> on ant 2
> 
> B and C cannot see each other
> A can see B anc C
> 
> What settings do I need to have for: client D to connect via B 
> (outside of the directional antennas beam, so via the stock ant2) 
> to send traffic to client E via C or to access internet connection 
> fed by A.
> 
> Does this cause debillitating hidden node problems?
> Could I plug in wired devices into point B and point C?
> 
> Would a better solution be to put two APs at each remote location 
> on different channels?  One to bridge to point A (backhaul) and the 
> other to provide wifi coverage a points B and C.  What is the 
> marginal improvement?  it would double my AP cost.
> 
> Are there other better topologies?  two seperate APs at point A 
> pointing at B and C (like sectors)?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> rearden
> 
> >   1. Re: Pre-n or not Pre-n (Franklin S Werren)
> >   2. RE: Pre-n or not Pre-n (Casey Halverson)
> >   3. Re: Pre-n or not Pre-n (Faisal Rahman)
> >   4. RE: Pre-n or not Pre-n (Dan)
> >   5. RE: Pre-n or not Pre-n (Robert Syputa)
> 
> 
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