

Or they could put a Nanostation M2 pointed out of their window and extend the signal further out into the street or to nearby neighbours. a Nanobridge M5 running the extender node firmware on their roof and connect it via ethernet to the home node. The node operator can choose to put a home node in their living room and if they decide they want a high speed directional link to a neighbour then they can put e.g. An extender node runs a minimal firmware and does nothing on its own, but if its connected to a home node it will serve as an extra radio and extend the reach of the network.

Beyond the home nodes broadcast area, an extender node needs to be connected to a home node to communicate to distant neighbours. A network of home nodes can make a mesh network if they are within the same proximity e.g 200 meters and line-of-sight of each other. The home node is a 5 ethernet port wifi router that runs the full sudowrt firmware. Our mesh has two types of nodes: Home nodes and extender nodes. Note: You can also read the non-technical explanation of home nodes and extender nodes. 2 The three wifi networks and IP assignment.
