[Battlemesh] mini-survey towards an FCC-Free "global south" router

[Nicolás Echániz]

On 04/23/2016 10:40 PM, Dave Taht wrote:
> I know it is heretical for me to suggest it on this list, but I tend
> towards thinking that the future holds more multi-channel radios on it
> in AP/station modes, as ad-hoc is so increasingly hard to use on so
> many devices, and at higher rates.
> 
> There's also stuff like this for backhauls:
> https://www.ubnt.com/airfiber/airfiber24-hd/

we've been experimenting with the 5Ghz models:
blog.altermundi.net/article/se-ensancha-el-backbone/

good result until one chain started acting up. Now it's unstable and the
ubiquiti people agree the hardware is failing. Too bad because we are
out of warranty time and there's no way we can buy those again soon...
I'd say: stay away from expensive equipment with integrated electronics
& antenna. Withe every other solution where the electronics are a
separate device, it's quite cheap to replace that and keep the antennas,
which are the most expensive component most of the time in long shot links.

> I would love to see people working on deployable versions of this
> technogy, also: http://kumunetworks.com/


never heard of it, but it looks really interesting.

Are there any real world implementations or is it just
theoretical/experimental at this point?