WDS vs Mesh vs MME

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Ok, to many ‘vs’ in the subject.

My problem is that I have a large development, about 100 clients spread over an area that all want to use their laptops to connect. I.o.w. not buy CPEs. (Almost) All repeaters can see each other, but due to metal roofs, I have to install a few to cover most angles to clients inside their houses.

So I setup about 7 APs to cover the area, all with WDS.
Almost exactly like in here:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Mesh_wds This is working, but … There is a lot of other interference in the area, so I thought of using WDS because it will only use 1 frequency. To have 7 different frequencies on 2.4GHz in close proximity is a non-starter…
Obviously now with WDS I take a huge performance hit. Even if I ping from a repeater to the ‘main’ ap, ping times vary between 8ms and 300ms.

  1. Would MME help me with my current setup? Would I need to change a lot?
  2. Would MESH help me, i.o.w. if I add another card to each AP to be used a uplink. But would that now mean each AP will have to have different frequency?

I suppose I just need some advice on getting best ‘roaming’ setup where I use as little frequencies as possible, get as much throughput and client load as possible.

Thanks in advance

Ekkas

WareHouse wireless network based on Mikrotik Mesh
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Thanks for the response. However…
Well, this is a Mikrotik forum and I’ve installed Mikrotik products, because cheaper UBNT stuff just fall-over with WDS, sometimes you can’t even log into the units and have no proper way to see what’s going on on your network.
If you’re serious about highsites, steer clear of UBNT and install proper Mikrotik stuff. Nanos is nice & easy for CPEs, but still like toys compared to MT’s features.

Ekkas

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I apologise, I was just citing those as examples, I don’t know the Mikrotik products as well yet, and yes, my only experience with Ubnt has been installing CPEs.