I've been a fan of Wireless Mesh Networking since I discovered Rooftop Communications (now Nokia Wireless Routers) early in my career as a writer. The latest example the potential of Wireless Mesh Networking is some really interesting claims by MeshNetworks. With MeshNetworks technology, every user is a "relay node", so the network is dynamically extended with each user. To date, MeshNetworks hasn't actually shipped any product - concept demonstrations are nice, but the ultimate proof of concept is when you actually ship product, in exchange for dollars and have no control over how the buyer uses or abuses the product. Only when you get your hands on it can you really tell if it works, well enough, for your purposes. From the letter below that has gone out to potential MeshNetworks customers, we might soon get to see how well MeshNetworks technology works in the real world. Letter begins:
In early October, we will begin shipping our MeshLAN Developer's Starter Kit. It will have:
2 MeshLAN hardware access points 3 MeshLAN wireless routers 25 MeshLAN PCMCIA cards Product documentation
The total price is US$5,000.
We are currently accepting orders. We will require a purchase order on/before 15 September 2002 and payment on/before 5 October in order for us to ship the kit to you in early October.
If you are interested, or have additional questions, please contact [email protected]
Thank you.
Allen H. Kupetz
Director of Sales and Int'l Business Development
MeshNetworks, Inc.
[email protected]
407.659.5307
Steve Stroh
Copyright © 2002-2004 by Steve Stroh except for MeshNetworks letter. This article originally appeared on my original Broadband Wireless Internet Access Weblog hosted on Radio Userland.
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