[WLANware] hello and basic question about multi hop bandwidth loss

ZioPRoTo (Saverio Proto) zioproto at gmail.com
Thu Apr 26 15:13:39 CEST 2012


Hello,

yes if you have something like this

Cable      -----------
Wireless ::::::::::::::::::

Node -----------Node :::::::::::::::::: Node
-----------Node:::::::::::::::::: Node

then you have no bandwith loss

of course the antennas connected with cable must be in the same roof ;)

Saverio


2012/4/26 Randall <randall at songshu.org>:
> dear all,
>
> first of all apologies for addressing this list in English since my writing
> skills in German are not good enough, reading is no problem though so any
> reply is much appreciated
>
>
> i'm trying to set up a new network based on the freifunk firmware in
> rotterdam, the netherlands and at the moment researching the options and
> possibilities.
>
> i have a lot of questions ;) but will start with one.
>
> as to my understanding the bandwidth drops to 10% after several hops, does
> this also apply if you connect them with an ethernet cable?
>
> lets say you have a single street, where 0 is a freifunk node and +0 is a
> freifunk node with internet access.
>
> what i think usually will happen is as follows:
>
> +0      0      0      0
> 100% 70% 40% 10%
>
>
> but..... my thought/question, can you prevent the bandwith loss if you
> connect the nodes as follows with a cable
>
>
> +0-----0------0-------0
> 100% 100% 100% 100%
>
>
> this eventually would create a backbone that is not troubled by the wireless
> overhead that other nodes not connected by cable could connect to as well
>
>  0         0        0      0
> 70%     70%   70% 70%
>
> +0-----0------0-------0
> 100% 100% 100% 100%
>
>  0         0        0      0
> 70%     70%   70% 70%
>
>
> thanks for your time,
>
> Randall
>
>
>
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