Kristoff (ON1ARF)@M0YNG a common question during #spectrum24 : why would somebody design a router in a formfactor so it can be stacked?
What on earth is the use-case of physically stacking routers?
OE1RFC@on1arf @M0YNG obviously for bulk-flashing them to OpenWRT to be used in mesh networks :) Flashed quite a lot of those in 2006-2009ish, stacking also helped when putting them into boxes to be connected to different sector antennas ;)
But generally Linksys also built other networking hardware (iirc VPN gateways and switches, not sure about modems) in the same form factor that would have made sense to stack.
But generally Linksys also built other networking hardware (iirc VPN gateways and switches, not sure about modems) in the same form factor that would have made sense to stack.
@OE1RFC @M0YNG Well, there was a birds of a feature talk by the person of #battlemesh on OpenWRT and 802.11.s based mesh network. I was really impressed
It's one of these things that gets very easily overlooked by the #hamradio community (you know: "it's only wifi, not amateurradio"), but I think that in the context of emergency communication, it can be a very usefull tool.
put some of these routers in a plastic bag, throw them high up in some trees and you have emergency wifi network coverage.