[Make-wifi-fast] mesh deployment with ath9k driver changes

[Sebastian Moeller]

Hi Pete,


> On Apr 26, 2018, at 23:41, Pete Heist <pete at eventide.io> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 26, 2018, at 2:38 AM, David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote:
>> 
>> can you make a map of how well each AP hears every other AP? (iw scan on each device in turn to report the signal strength of the others)
> 
> This should update once per day for a while: http://www.drhleny.cz/smokeping/
> 
> A textual map is below. I use channels 1, 6 and 11 to segment things.

Why? I believe in Europe 1, 5, 9, 13 will allow one more independent channel (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels). I believe if your site is remote enough that there is nobody else around you might actually be able to get away with 1, 5, 9, 13 ;)


> My biggest problem is on channel 1, where I have two repeaters hanging off of one gateway.
> 
> First I’ll try to get cabins 12 and 20 on separate gateways / channels, which will be a challenge with the line-of-sight situation and only three non-overlapping channels. If it isn’t enough, I'll see if I can get anything else cabled or backhauled with 5 GHz. Thanks for the ideas!
> 
> CH 1:
> 
> ServiceEast sees:
> - Cabin12 -69
> - Cabin20 -62
> 
> Cabin12 sees:
> - ServiceEast -66 (gateway)
> - Cabin20 -72
> 
> Cabin20 sees:
> - ServiceEast -62 (gateway)
> - Cabin12 -72
> 
> CH 6:
> 
> ServiceWest sees:
> - Cabin28 -50
> 
> Cabin28 sees:
> - ServiceWest -49 (gateway)
> 
> Office sees nothing
> 
> CH 11:
> 
> Reception sees:
> - CabinA1 -68
> 
> CabinA1 sees:
> - Reception -68 (gateway)
> 
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