A question came up regarding increasing throughput between two endpoints. The obvious answer is to increase throughput increase S/N and/or increase channel width.
Here's or scenario. We are currently operating a 2.4 GHz mesh network in the field supporting a major bicycling event. We have two cameras connecting to one node feeding through a single node to a another node with a recorder. There is no redundant path between these two endpoints. Can the throughput be increased by adding a redundant path (node) between the two endpoints? One person here says that OLSR would know to detect the loads and split the data between the two paths. I don't agree be living that OLSR will always choose the best single path, with all else being equal, will always be the same path for all the data.
Can someone confirm what will happen in this scenario? Thanks!
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Bob, W7REJ
Here's or scenario. We are currently operating a 2.4 GHz mesh network in the field supporting a major bicycling event. We have two cameras connecting to one node feeding through a single node to a another node with a recorder. There is no redundant path between these two endpoints. Can the throughput be increased by adding a redundant path (node) between the two endpoints? One person here says that OLSR would know to detect the loads and split the data between the two paths. I don't agree be living that OLSR will always choose the best single path, with all else being equal, will always be the same path for all the data.
Can someone confirm what will happen in this scenario? Thanks!
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Bob, W7REJ
AREDN is a 'mesh' at the IP routing layer. There's no mesh protocols affecting traffic down at the RF layer with our use of 802.11 adhoc mode. If there was, then maybe traffic would behave as your buddy suggests.
Joe AE6XE