Hi Bryan.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Bryan Berry <<a href="mailto:bryan.berry@gmail.com" target="_blank">bryan.berry@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Rafael wrote:<br>
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>btw what type of acces points would you recommend, i'd use Linksys<br>
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>but maybe another types would be better, are there specific references<br>
>or<br>
>brands that would be better in your point of view ?<br>
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>or there are not strong feelings about one kind or another?.<br>
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Linksys are not recommended unless you load OpenWRT on them. Some "WDS"<br>
problem which I don't quite understand.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I was thinking in re-flashing those to OpenWRT, but i dont think it is worth the try taking into count Michail's and your suggestions.<br>
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Here is what Michail Bletsas wrote when I asked him the same question:<br>
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"The problem is mostly obvious on consumer APs with Broadcom radios (the Linksys WRT54 being the most common) and is not an XO specific problem anymore.<br>
Any application that generates multicast traffic will trigger storms in environments where many such access points are deployed in the vicinity of each other.<br>
Most enterprise Access Points will work just fine because they allow for fine control of WDS.<br>
Since we assume a limited budget here, I will stick to consumer and prosumer grade gear.<br>
A good starting point should be the DLINK DWL-2100AP which uses an Atheros Chipset. "<br>
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Our Networking guy Dev intends to use a 12 dbi omni-directional antenna<br>
from Deliberant Networks.We are using a Deliberant DLB-2701 as the<br>
access point. It costs roughly 100 euro and has a range of 12 km in<br>
ideal conditions. It operates in the 802.11 b/g wifi range.<br>
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There are more details on our pilot project page<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bashuki_Journal" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bashuki_Journal</a> and Bishwamitra_Journal<br>
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You can reach Dev at devm at nepalwireless dot net for more precise<br>
questions and he also reads this list.<br>
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hope this helps<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Sure it does thanks Bryan :). </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Bryan<br>
Kathmandu<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero <br>One Laptop Per Child<br><a href="mailto:rafael@laptop.org" target="_blank">rafael@laptop.org</a>