From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: Network stops passing traffic randomly References: <20200529001302.832.66710@diktynna.open-mesh.org> <174b4bab-d84e-899d-3ecf-34bfdccff4fd@coolheads.com> <8cb674e5-26b2-e992-61e6-5969cc50358f@candelatech.com> From: Steve Newcomb Message-ID: Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 22:06:40 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8cb674e5-26b2-e992-61e6-5969cc50358f@candelatech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reply-To: srn@coolheads.com, The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Archive: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: To: Ben Greear , b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org, smartwires@gmail.com On 6/2/20 4:02 PM, Ben Greear wrote: > Have you tried using IPQ4019 based systems?=C2=A0 They seem pretty=20 > affordable, and the 3-radio Linksys MR8300 & EA8300 seem pretty stable > in my testing recently (in AP mode, not tested mesh). No.=C2=A0 Used, on E-bay, the cheaper of the two, the EA8300=C2=A0 is at = least=20 twice as expensive as what we're using now.=C2=A0 To buy a dozen or so in= =20 hope of getting them to work with Batman is out of the question, alas. Ben, I fully understand your lack of incentive to spend your time on=20 drivers for older hardware.=C2=A0 This is not your problem, really. (Unle= ss,=20 like me, you are seeking ways to address the digital divide, where low=20 entry cost is the key consideration.=C2=A0 Every dollar cheaper means mor= e=20 people can connect, which was important even before the pandemic began.=C2= =A0=20 I selected these Archer [AC]7 v[245] units because there are so many of=20 them for sale that they are kind of hard to sell.=C2=A0 True, I didn't kn= ow=20 the QCA driver would limit me to 3 nodes per mesh, nor did I know your=20 driver couldn't support encryption nor DFS, at least not out of the=20 box.=C2=A0 It looked like a reasonable bet at the time; with 2 drivers to= =20 choose from, what could go wrong?=C2=A0 Oh, well, nothing worthwhile was = ever=20 easy.) Steve