[OpenWireless Tech] "Open-mesh"

[Eugene Smiley]

I have used Open-Mesh hardware and currently Cloudtrax has issues with
scalability. There are times when the interface is down or sluggish.

Mesh networks in general don't scale into the hundreds or thousands well
from what I have read in various places. The routing tables get huge fast.

The hardware they currently have for sale starts at $79, but you can find
other comparable hardware for much cheaper. I own a WRT54G v2, Open-Mesh
OM1P, Ubiquity Nanostation Loco M2, and my favorite TP-Link WR703N 3g
router. The WR703N can be picked up for around $25, has 802.11n, can be
expanded via USB, and is small (about 2" x 2" x .5")

Open-Mesh used to have community involvement. It doesn't seem to have that
much these days. Many OM1P and OM2P users go into the Ubiquity line due the
more powerful units in that product line. All of these products are OpenWRT
derivatives or are able to run OpenWRT.


On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:08 AM, Jordan Erickson <
jerickson at logicalnetworking.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> New to the list, love the idea of pushing open wireless out to the
> masses. The world needs to share access to information. It's as simple
> as that.
>
> The other night I came across this site, which seems like it would work
> really well to help set up open wifi hotspots/mesh networks for the
> public, while keeping your private network stuff separated. They claim
> it's a plug-n-play kind of setup with 2-SSID capability, one public/open
> and one private. Central admin through their "cloud" service, and a nice
> price point ($75 U.S.). I guess you set one up through an Internet
> connected router, then you can plug in others that automatically mesh
> with the "gateway node" (they see they don't have Internet access, so
> they search for gateways that do, then configure themselves).
>
> http://www.open-mesh.com/
>
> Does anyone have any experience with these? Seems like it'd be a good
> fit with the project.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jordan Erickson
>
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