#5963 HIGH Update.: Laptop fails to reliably connect with school mesh portal

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#5963: Laptop fails to reliably connect with school mesh portal
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  Reporter:  wad              |       Owner:  dcbw    
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  Update.1
 Component:  network manager  |     Version:          
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  WLAN    
  Verified:  1                |    Blocking:          
 Blockedby:                   |  
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Changes (by wad):

 * cc: dcbw (added)
  * verified:  0 => 1


Comment:

 This is still real problem.  When testing startup with 29 laptops, around
 a third of them (seven or eight) didn't find the school mesh portal.

 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Collaboration_Network_Testbed#Test_0317D

 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Collaboration_Network_Testbed#Test_0317E

 I suggest backing off on the DHCP timing tweaks added to make trying all
 three channels faster.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5963#comment:2>
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