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Subject says it all. Anyone using enterprise level switches and firewalls to route ARDEN traffic? Martin W2RWJ

Hi guys.

I've found this little device at about 75€.

Before buying it... will it be supported ???

73 de Leo IZ5FSA

Does anyone have experience with dual WAN routers?  I want to have one WAN go to the internet and one to the mesh.  Most of the ones I see are more concerned with load balancing and failover.  Ones with wifi are over $200, so I don't want to put down the money unless I'm sure it will work.

I was also wondering if I flashed a cheaper router with DD-WRT, would that work?

JJ

I've been waiting for firmware to be released for the Ubiquiti M3 (Ham Band) and M365 (Commercial Band) devices.  I've heard this stuff has been in beta for a long time.  Any chance it will be released soon?

Michael Fox, N6MEF, has posted a very thorough study of methods for powering mesh nodes. The complete 46 page paper is found on the Santa Clara County (CA) ARES/RACES website.

This site has a number of papers useful to mesh networkers. 

I have been running a Rocket M2 for months using both BBHN 3.0.1 and ARDEN 3.0.2, Beta 1 and now beta 2.  The Node Status page of each of the firmwares shows the yellow banner with the inscription "!!!!

Is there (or will there be) any support for older NanoStation's or PowerStation's?

Flytec has the RF Elements 2Ghz sector antennas for around $70

http://www.flyteccomputers.com/details.cfm?wid=3757&wb=SECM290&wre=1&gclid=CjwKEAjwovytBRCdxtyKqfL5nUISJACaugG1L6dPuChYloz-o-RsDp3bdLnequBxpBPx0vNAJf6jxBoC8Srw_wcB

90degree or 120degree available.

They also have 5Ghz ones.

Just announced:

https://www.ubnt.com/airmax/powerbeam-m5-iso/

looks quite nice!

How do you have your switches configured and why?

1 LAN, 3 DTD, 1 WAN (1-3-1)?   pc, 3 bands nodes, tunnel

2 LAN, 2 DTD, 1 WAN (2-2-1)? pc/phone, 2 bands, tunnel

3 LAN, 2 DTD (3-2-0)? pc/phone/RPi, 2 bands

etc