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From: Mathieu Deziel <mathieu.deziel@crc.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:03:06 +0000
Subject: RE: [LARTC] Bandwidth Restrictions in Linux
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>
> Hello
> > We are ISP and we give Internet Wireless Outdoor Service . The
> > Base Station
> > works in 802.11b and it is connected with a Linux Mandrake Server
> > that make
> > NAT.
> 802.11b devices are by design experiencing "hidden node" effect.

"Hidden node" problem can be avoided by the use of RTS-CTS (request to send, clear to
send).  RTS-CTS are optional but can be enabled.  You can also specify a threshold in
the size of the packet under which RTS-CTS will not be used, in which case the hidden
node problem might occur for those packets.  RTS-CTS will solve the hidden node
problem, but will consume BW.

Mathieu.


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