The next issue is what should the [[ESSID]] be.  There are two basic proposals each with their own advantages:

 1. 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

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