[WLANware] Mesh with 2 radios (help with 5 ghz)

[Dan Flett]

Is it possible to do a site survey at 5GHz?  There may be a powerful
transmitter on the channel, drowning out your signals.  Is it possible to
test the nodes in a different area?

Cheers,

Dan

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wlanware-bounces at freifunk.net 
> [mailto:wlanware-bounces at freifunk.net] On Behalf Of Frederico Marques
> Sent: Saturday, 6 January 2007 8:51 AM
> To: WLAN-Hard+ Software, Antennen
> Subject: Re: [WLANware] Mesh with 2 radios (help with 5 ghz)
> 
> Hi kloschi,
> 
> On Jan 5, 2007, at 7:44 PM, kloschi wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > welcome on Wlanware :)
> >
> >> - Maybe it's a problem with adhoc and atheros/madwifi ?
> >
> > I used to have problems on Voyage Linux, because their 
> kernel modules 
> > were still old generation madwifi. (not madwifi-ng).
> > But if your local link in the 2.4GHz works, I see no reason why it 
> > should not work with the same modules in the same machine 
> for 5GHz. :(
> >
> >> - Could be a problem of pigtails? I use UFL-to-N-bulkhead ones.
> >
> > Always.
> >
> >> - Checked the link with a 2.4ghz and two Omni 2.4 12 dbi Pacific 
> >> Wireless, and it was great! Good SNR and about 48Mbit rate 
> >> connection.
> >
> > Hm, that again seems to be something in the difference 
> between 2.4 and 
> > 5 GHz, maybe madwifi.
> >
> > Maybe try and give madwifi-ng a shot.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for the tip, but I guess I'm already running 
> madwifi-ng. Both boxes have Voyage 0.3pre2 with kernel 2.6.17 
> and madwifi modules from svn, version 0.9.2_svnr1809. Is this 
> madwifi-ng?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --fred
> 
> 
> 
> 
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