[OLPC Networking] Other hardware compatible with the olpc mesh protocol

[Oliver Mattos]

Is there any other hardware on the market compatible with the
802.11s-likeprotocol the OLPC uses?  If not, are there any 3rd party
manufacturers
planning a release of this?  Are marvell themselves selling this chip to
other vendors who are selling it yet?

If OLPC or a third party sold active antennas together with the olpc
firmware and a basic windows driver I think they could sell an awfull lot to
those people who want extended wireless range with minimal configuration
hassle.  They could be packaged as usb dongles that could either be plugged
into a PC or plugged into a 5v wall-wart (a wall-wart with a power-only usb
socket).

Is there any provision in the 802.11s spec for encryption of packet data
only?  It would be nice for nodes of another network to be able to forward
my packets, but not to decrypt their contents, or is that wishfull
thinking?  (since from a technical viewpoint, using another network to
forward packets improves overall efficiency, since the other network may
have a lower metric route, just might be a few headaches with possible DoS
attacks with false routing info)
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