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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:47:54 +0200
Subject: [ath9k-devel] What mode to use for wireless backhaul?
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On 2011-04-28 2:58 AM, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
> WDS is crap, don't use it. You effectively half the available
> bandwidth per node in a WDS network, it's a hack and is only useful if
> you want coverage at the sacrifice of bandwidth of the link.
WDS doesn't cut your bandwidth in half, repeating packets on the same 
channel does. If you use WDS just as a backhaul without repeating on the 
same radio/channel, you get the full bandwidth.

- Felix