Auza.Net completed Tagbilaran’s first wireless mesh network on April 8, 2008 with its first mesh node installed in Catarman, Dauis, Bohol. The mesh node connects to the gateway node at the company’s facilities and will enable network connections from the city to Panglao, Dauis and Baclayon. The company installed its gateway node in December 2007 to serve clients in the vicinity of the company.
Businesses requiring private networks or business grade Internet access service may now avail of such services allowing them to do business in the coverage area. Because the service is wireless, installation is quick and can usually be completed in one day. Private networks allow companies to interconnect their businesses without exposing company information and data to the Internet, increasing security. It also avoids the latency and complexity involved in using residential grade Internet services for private networks which can significantly decrease performance of company applications.
Each node can serve customers up to 10kms away and can be given flexible network bandwidth capacities. With a total capacity of 10MBPS, the mesh network is capable of serving large network requirements. Currently 5MBPS is used or reserved by existing clients of Auza.net and the system may be upgraded with another 10MBPS capacity as needed.
The mesh network has proven to be stable and reliable with latency from customer to gateway node at 10ms average only. Packet loss was recorded at 17 packets per million which is virtually zero packet loss.