[Commotion-discuss] Picostation mesh with APs

[Josh Harle]

Hi All,

I've been installing 20 picostation M2HPs in a town to try to set up a mesh
network, partially based on the "Building Pop-up Mesh Networks
<https://commotionwireless.net/blog/2013/10/30/building-popup-mesh-networks/>"
article.

I've found that when I have a handful of mesh nodes, if more than just one
of them has an access point interface enabled, the ETX goes from about 1 to
somewhere between 5 and 7!

I've been talking to Adam Longwill about this, who has found similar
behaviour.  I don't understand how to mitigate this.  Isn't it expected
behaviour to have all nodes as APs too?  How do I get area coverage with
WiFi client access?

It seems to impact performance so much to have more than one AP turned on
in the network that the only thing I can think of is to have one
Picostation for mesh, connected to one souly for AP on another channel.

I would be hugely greatful for advice on this: I'm in a remote Aussie town
for just a couple of days trying to troubleshoot this.

Kind Regards,

Dr Josh Harle
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