Re: Wobbly Wi-Fi strives for stability in Portland(The Oregonian)

I agree on the density, we are at 30 APs/sq mile (4Watts EIRP) and there
is still not a mobile blanket everywhere.  IMHO you need users as
repeaters to get a full blanket with WiFi - the PTP way.

You may want to try this sw tool we made that can help quite a bit when
using a network like MetroFis.  Our users find it indispensible.  (This is
why I asked for the MetroFi gateway IPs as we use this for testing true
performance.)

Direct download - http://www.azulstar.com/support/WirelessWizard.exe
Sorry no linux or mac yet, feedback welcome.

ty




>> It was MetroFi that came to the rescue.
>
> It worked great at my place on twentieth, too (living under a SkyPilot
> helps).
> I just wish that MetroFi deployed their mesh-nodes at such a density so
> that lots of other Portlanders could have the same happy experience me and
> Sam have had! Sadly, due to the questionable certainty of their business
> model, it's clear they have deployed at the minimum possible density, and
> as a result the network is unusable for some large percentage of
> Portlanders
> (the unwirepdx-watch report puts a /lower bound/ on this number of around
> 40%,
> of course, this is based on the POC network, and they may have changed
> things since
> then - although, given monetary constraints, I don't imagine they have
> much).
>
> Additionally, it would be cool if the network were designed to enable,
> rather than
> forbid, any novel uses. Filtering all client-to-client traffic, for
> instance, provides nothing
> to the citizens of Portland in the way of interesting inter-city
> communication.
>
> I suppose my point is - yes, of course the metrofi network has value.
> However, without
> weighing that value against what it might-have-been, we can't learn from
> the situation.
> For this reason, Mike's endeavors to resurrect a discussion of the initial
> unwirepdx goals
> is right on track.
>
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