[FRIAM] 802.11g enhanced coverage?

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Owen Densmore wrote:
> basically a way to lash together  
> several users sharing a T1 or similar broadband wired access. 
You may want to take a look at Sveasoft's Talisman/Mesh firmware..

"Talisman/Mesh supports the following features -

1) Automatic discovery of neighbor mesh nodes
2) Automatic address assignment among mesh nodes
3) Automatic routing and route distribution
4) Automatic distribution of nameservers
5) Automatic distribution of hostnames

Talisman/Mesh is designed to solve a series of issues that make 
deployment of wide area wireless networks problematic. Normally wireless 
networks with more than a single AP require manual linking, IP address 
assignment, routing, and there is little or no failover.

Talisman/Mesh is designed to allow spontaneous creation of wireless 
networks with 2 or more AP nodes with a minimum of setup and maintenance.

The only items that must be common among all wireless nodes in a 
Talisman/Mesh network are the wireless SSID and channel. If encryption 
is enabled, you must also use the same encryption method and keys 
throughout the mesh.

The mesh firmware supports the Apple Rendezvous/Bonjour protocol for 
remote administration. Mesh nodes are automatically discovered and 
listed on any Macintosh computers connected to a mesh cloud. For Windows 
machines please download and install Apple's free Bonjour package for 
Windows from http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bonjour . When Bonjour 
for Windows is installed you can browse and administer all mesh nodes 
within a cloud by clicking on the Bonjour button from within Internet 
Explorer. For Linux and BSD Unix please install the avahi 
Rendezvous/Bonjour suite."

Marcus