So, is there a flashrom setup that can do more than 2 interfaces?
-bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Morella" <tonylist@wwwbiz.com>
To: "'Norm Young'" <npyoung@applegatebroadband.net>; "'Karlnet Mailing
List'" <karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 11:40 PM
Subject: RE: [Karlnet] How many wireless interfaces does
SF-4300(TurboCellSatellite for FlashROM) support?
> Norm SF-4300 will only work with 2 interfaces.
>
> Sincerely, Tony Morella
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com
> > [mailto:karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com] On Behalf Of Norm Young
> > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 4:22 PM
> > To: Karlnet Mailing List
> > Subject: [Karlnet] How many wireless interfaces does
> > SF-4300(TurboCell Satellite for FlashROM) support?
> >
> >
> > I'm going to replace the second channel doing backhaul of an
> > AP-1000 at our main WIPOP using the base station software
> > with a dedicated backhaul radio.
> >
> > I'd like this system to support several radios on board, as
> > I'd like to be able to make connections to several PtP
> > WIPOP/microWIPOP locations.
> >
> > So, I'm wondering if I use a microATX board, and say, 3-4
> > radios on board, will the SF-4300 (TurboCell Satellite for
> > FlashROM) be able to make the
> > connections on those radios to one PtP TC client? Will
> > SF-4300 support
> > more than two radios?
> >
> > I'm thinking that each one of these PtP TC clients could be a
> > WPBASE running Satellite. The WPBASE+ systems for the
> > microWIPOPs would have one radio making the connection back
> > to the main WIPOP in TC mode, and the other radio slot would
> > be doing 802.11b to make the connections to the client
> > homes/businesses, if that is possible.
> >
> > The other alternative would be for Karlnet to offer a low
> > cost alternative
> > (crippled) version of the base station software for these
> > small neighborhood
> > fill-in mesh systems. Say something that would support,
> > say, 10 clients.
> >
> > Currently, I do this using a SR-4000 client and the RG-1100
> > coupled with a
> > StarOS system or MikroTik. Not ideal. I've played with the
> > idea of going
> > away from Karlnet entirely on the backhaul, slotting a "g"
> > radio in a StarOS system, doing my backhual with that, and
> > then slotting radios for each of my PtP links to my
> > neighborhood 802.11b (where due to the small numbers of
> > clients, hidden-node is not a problem) microWIPOPs. One
> > large advantage to
> > this approach is that I can use a StarOS system running on
> > one micoATX system with two radios to make a microWIPOP. No
> > need to spend money on the Karlnet hardware/licences.
> >
> > Bottom line is that here in the geographically convoluted
> > West, WISPs need
> > lots of translators to fill in areas that require service. StarOS is
> > moving it's product in that direction, creating a semi-mesh
> > system to give us the tools to do that kind of thing. I'd
> > love to do it with Karlnet, only I'm not sure that the
> > flexibility exists in the product line to do it economically.
> >
> > Norm
> >
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