Even as 802.11 wireless networks continue to proliferate, questions are swirling about how to extend their range and flexibility. Mesh networking and other strategies for wireless switching and multipoint integration are picking up momentum.

On November 18, Florida startup MeshNetworks announced that it had shipped the Wi-Fi architectural components needed to build "a self-forming, self-healing wireless mesh, where user devices become the network." A mesh network is essentially a merger of two or more multipoint wireless networks. Just as several PCs can form a peer-to-peer network, multipoint wireless networks can form one shared, peer-to-peer infrastructure.

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