[MVMA] If 'all' the equipment at W-Xenia is to be replaced,

[Chuck Gelm]

"On 09/19/2018 10:50 AM, Maurice Riggins via MVMA wrote:

 1.       You *can’t* use an omni as a linking-only site. Human nature
    predicts any end user who can link to it will.
 2.       Every additional neighbor degrades an omni’s receive LQ of
    currently neighbored sites.
 3.       And we can’t put enough DtD’d directionals on W Xenia to make
    it an effective linking site."

1. I 'd like to swap Moe's "can't" with "it is poor practice". I'll not 
discount his reference to human nature, either.

2. True.

3. True. This makes water tanks, typically, an awkward site for any 
style of linking.

  The proposed configuration is equal to a common "point to multipoint" 
configuration.
That the purpose or use of the LAN is for linking rather than 
server_to_multi-client is not relevant.
However, what Moe points out in "2." is true in theory and practice. The 
suggested configuration
will not be as effective as 100% 'point-to-point' clear channel links.

  Look around our mesh and you will see several linking sites with more 
than 5 'neighbors'.
They don't work well, either.

Chuck

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