#2483 HIGH Trial-3: Mesh portal - which version will work?

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#2483: Mesh portal - which version will work?
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  Reporter:  leemingd  |       Owner:  mlj             
      Type:  defect    |      Status:  new             
  Priority:  high      |   Milestone:  Trial-3         
 Component:  hardware  |     Version:  Build 406       
Resolution:            |    Keywords:  mesh network, B2
  Verified:  0         |  
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Comment (by gnu):

 There was a "flag day" incompatible change made to the packet format for
 the mesh, between 406 and the current builds.  The sharing features are
 working / limping in the latest builds, not in 406.  But the latest builds
 aren't up to "stable" quality yet.  It's a bit of a quandry.  You could
 run a subset of your machines on "mesh 406" and the rest on "new mesh",
 using two gateways to the Internet.

 I'm using the Linksys USB200M rev 2.1 Ethernet interface, which is cheap
 (US$25-30) and works with both build 406 and the latest builds.  It uses
 the "asix" driver.  Might be worth buying three or four of these, if you
 have them readily available.  See shopper.cnet.com and search for
 "USB200M" to find web stores that stock it.  Or see:

   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_ethernet_adaptors

 Please update that wiki page with your experience (e.g. say that your
 particular Ethernet adapter worked with 406 but doesn't work with 515.)

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