#11230 NORM 1.75-fi: Selftest: wlan test - associate and ping

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#11230: Selftest: wlan test - associate and ping
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           Reporter:  martin.langhoff      |       Owner:  greenfeld    
               Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  new          
           Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  1.75-firmware
          Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:               
         Resolution:                       |    Keywords:               
        Next_action:  test in build        |    Verified:  0            
Deployment_affected:                       |   Blockedby:               
           Blocking:                       |  
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Changes (by wmb at firmworks.com):

  * owner:  wmb at firmworks.com => greenfeld
  * next_action:  never set => test in build


Comment:

 Fixed by svn 2553.  The test looks for an access point named OLPCOFW,
 which must be open, and tries to associate with it.  Failure to find
 OLPCOFW is not an error, but if OLPCOFW is found, failure to associate
 with it is an error.

 Since the purpose of the test is to verify that the WLAN transmitter
 works, and since successful association requires a bidirectional exchange,
 there is no need to perform the DHCP or ping embellishments.  Those
 additional steps would just add complexity, time, and the possibility of
 false failures due to server issues.  For example, if lots of XOs were
 being tested, the DHCP server could run out of leases.  After successful
 association, the test disassociates, to free up any access point resources
 that might be consumed.

 scp dev.laptop.org:~wmb/q4b10mq.rom  is a test build for XO-1.75 (the
 feature is in common code that should apply to XO-1 and XO-1.5 given a
 suitable build).

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/11230#comment:2>
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