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From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Node keeps switching back and forth
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:48:44 +0800
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Hi,

> I tried the RO.B.IN firmware on 4 nodes and the symptoms are the same,
> it's basically unusable.

when did you try this ? I helped them to fix some of these problems, so I know 
it should be quite stable now.


> Does anybody have a great success story to tell me with this hardware
> (FON/Accton with Atheros) and mesh networks? B.A.T.M.A.N seems to be
> the only thing stable in my setup after all :)

There are a bunch of thing you should pay attention to. the last item which 
made Robin much more stable was:

iwconfig ath0 rate 5.5M

Try this.

Greetings,
Marek