The next issue is what should the ESSID be. There are two basic proposals each with their own advantages:
Use www.personaltelco.net ESSID
- pro: facilitates roaming
- pro: is simple
- con: causes problems with dense node population
Use www.personaltelco.net/node111 as the ESSID
- pro: doesn't assume that discrete nodes have a common backbone (which is really what the ESSID is supposed to identify)
- pro: allows node specific information in the ESSID
- con: breaks layer 2 roaming unless ESSID set to "Any" (which can cause problems if there are other non-personaltelco nodes around)
Use 1 for nodes which are part of the WirelessCloud and 2 for nodes which are logically discrete from the rest of the network
- pro: solves all the problems!
- con: is more complicated
- con: what happens as networks merge (eg. there's a NE "wireless could" and a SE "wireless cloud" that don't meet)
I prefer option 3. -- AdamShand
See also: NodeTypes, NodeStandards