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<br><tt><font size=2>cananian@gmail.com wrote on 06/08/2008 12:25:13 PM:<br>
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> While we're talking about networking:<br>
> <br>
> From discussions with the OLSRd guys, one way they made their<br>
> protocols work well in dense networks was to aggressively use *all*<br>
> the 802.11*a* as well as g channels. 802.11a has 24+ non-overlapping<br>
> channels (in some regulatory environments) which could go a long way<br>
> towards keeping the number of nodes on any given slice of spectrum<br>
> below the 40-node 802.11 MAC limits.<br>
> <br>
> It appears that our wireless chipset supports 802.11a, although our<br>
> frontend and antennas are apparently tuned for 802.11b/g. That
could<br>
> be an advantage: in dense scenarios we actually *want* to keep tx<br>
> power and rx sensitivity low (at the expense of some multihop routes).<br>
> Michalis, does exploring 802.11a operation in some school<br>
> environments seem reasonable to you?<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>The R.F. power amplifier on our current radio doesn't
support 5Ghz.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>M.</font></tt>