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Our mesh has two types of nodes: Home nodes and extender nodes. | Our mesh has two types of nodes: Home nodes and extender nodes. | ||
The home nodes run the full sudowrt firmware and a network of only home nodes can make a functioning mesh network if they are within 200 meters and | The home nodes run the full sudowrt firmware and a network of only home nodes can make a functioning mesh network if they are within 200 meters and line-of-sight of each other. The home node is a normal five-ethernet-port indoor wifi router. An extender node runs a minimal firmware and does nothing on its own. Instead, the extender node basically acts as an extra radio and extends the networks reach when plugged in to a home node. | ||
The node operator can choose to put a home node in e.g. their living room and if they decide they want a high speed directional link to a neighbour then they can put e.g. a Nanobridge M5 running the extender node firmware on their roof and connect it via ethernet to the home node. Or they could put a Nanostation M2 pointed out of their window and extend the signal further out into the street or to nearby neighbours. Each extender node extends all three networks (explained in the next section). | The node operator can choose to put a home node in e.g. their living room and if they decide they want a high speed directional link to a neighbour then they can put e.g. a Nanobridge M5 running the extender node firmware on their roof and connect it via ethernet to the home node. Or they could put a Nanostation M2 pointed out of their window and extend the signal further out into the street or to nearby neighbours. Each extender node extends all three networks (explained in the next section). | ||