[Mesh] mesh routers

[Alcides Gutierrez]

Nice. Theres a list for ar71xx routers on openwrt. Also, theres a tag
system too if youre after particular hardware requirements.

I dont know how frequently the olsr/batman/babel packages are updated for
use on openwrt. Im not sure how to keep it current. Im sure I will learn
soon.

I was wondering which requirements were minimal. I started with two netgear
wndr3800's just to get the ball rolling. Glad to know there are several
cheaper options with which to experiment.

Alcides Gutierrez
http://e64.us
On Feb 15, 2013 2:40 AM, "William Budington" <bill at inputoutput.io> wrote:

> Pretty useful hardware suggestions I got from #olsr on freenode:
>
> 02:27 < soma> generally almost everything that bases on ar71xx is
> probably the best hardware for openwrt (good cpu/ram and good ath9k wifi
> driver)
> 02:27 < legind> I've heard that having 2 cpu cores is preferable in mesh
> routing
> 02:28 < soma> for indoor there are a lot of options where some tp-links
> are quite cheap. e.g. wr1043nd or wdr3600. there are also cheaper ones
> like wr703 or wr741, but they only have 4MB flash. thats enough, but i
> personally wouldn't want them because restricted space in flash is uncool
> 02:28 < soma> for outdoors ubiquiti stuff is my favorite
> 02:28 < soma> why 2 cores?
> 02:29 < soma> better 2 wifi interfaces
> 02:32 < legind> one core handles the mesh network and one for internal lan
> 02:33 < legind> thanks for the suggestions soma
> 02:34 < soma> that depens on your usecase then. maybe thats good if you
> want to route traffic from e.g. lan to wan at 1gbps all the time, then
> it could make sense. but for all normal needs 1 core is imo enough and i
> also think platforms with 2 cores are just starting to come out
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