[TriLUG] interoperability: 802.11g and n

Cristóbal Palmer cmp at cmpalmer.org
Sun Oct 4 17:56:13 EDT 2009


On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
>
> 802.11s is mesh routing, like used in the OLPC. The routing is described
> independantly of the packet protocol. Presumably a node could use
> 802.11a,b,g for the packets, and 802.11s for the routing. I don't know if an
> OLPC can join an 802.11g network out of the box or not. It seems in
> principle it could.

It can and does. There are several people on the list with XOs iirc,
so fire away if you want us to test something.

Cheers,
-- 
Cristóbal M. Palmer
"The fun thing is to try to persuade others to share your opinions
about what rules and what sucks. Nothing is more fun than evangelism."
  --Larry Wall



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