====== Creating a high speed mesh by using dual radio nodes ======
  * During an early demonstration of MESHdesk the first question that was asked: **Does it supports dual radio nodes?**.
  * The answer at that time was //not yet, perhaps in the future//....
  * Fast forward to today and we are proud to say that <wrap em>MESHdesk does indeed also support dual radio nodes</wrap>.

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===== The limitations of single radio nodes =====

  * Unfortunately with a mesh there is a performance knock with each hop away from the gateway node. 
  * This performance knock is unavoidable even with dual radio nodes.
  * With single radio nodes there are however also the following to consider.
  * When you use single radio mesh nodes each node has two functions:
    * It has an ad-hoc connection with neighbor nodes. (This can be seen as the connecting wire between the nodes)
    * It typically also has one or more SSIDs to which clients can connect.
  * This means that each radio has to **time share** between these two functions.
  * Add to the mix that the mesh and SSID's are all on the same channel and it does not take a genius to see why people will ask //Does this system supports dual radio nodes//

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===== Dual radio node alternative =====
  * When we have dual radio nodes we can create a mesh in the following way.
  * Use the 5G radio for the ad-hoc connection with the neighbor nodes.
  * Use the 2.4G radio for the SSIDs to which clients will connect.
  * Make sure each node's 2.4G radio is on a non-overlapping channel (1,6,11) to reduce interference.
  * Test shown that this configuration results in an <wrap em>increase</wrap> of the throughput of <wrap em>nearly 3 times</wrap> when compared to a mesh that consist of single radio nodes.
  * See the following diagram for an overview.

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