On 15 Nov 2006 15:09:22 -0800, "getwilde" <getwilde@gmail.com> wrote in
<1163632162.573654.99720@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups. com>:

>John Navas wrote:

> > But for the distance, which will require directional high-gain antennas,
>> you could use WDS repeater mode, thereby replacing each pair of devices
>> with a single device.

>I've been hoping to avoid WDS repeaters if possible. My understanding
>is that throughput is halved with each WDS repeater used, because it
>uses a single radio to transmit and receive, and radios can't do both
>at the same time.

Because all traffic is doubled by a repeater, and because only one radio
(in any/all devices) can transmit at a time, network throughput is
halved by each repeater.

>I imagine that even with the additional boxes (radios) and associated
>overhead, I should get better response times and transfer speeds than I
>would if I were to employ WDS. At least, I hope so.

You undoubtedly will.

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