Wireless Beowulf?

Joel Jaeggli joelja at darkwing.uoregon.edu
Mon Nov 25 11:14:38 PST 2002


wireless is a shared media so scaleability is poor...

joelja

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Michael Worsham wrote:

> Has anyone researched using the wireless 11a (or soon to be released 11g)
> protocol as an idea for simplistic beowulf design? I know it won't be as
> fast as fiber, but rather than having 5,000+ wires hanging everywhere,
> perhaps it could be a viable idea in a closed-room location?
> 
> -- Michael
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