<div>Is there any other hardware on the market compatible with the 802.11s-like protocol 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?
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<div>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).
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<div>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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