[olpc-community-support] Mesh Network Identity

[Michael Burns]

On Dec 19, 2007 5:58 PM, AlaskanMariner <sv.aphrodite at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> So, since there were three computers in the room (two PCs and a Mac) with
> active wifi I was detecting them?


Not quite.

The laptop's 3 mesh networks are always present, because any 3 of them could
have users online that you don't realize... "discovery" is an important word
on this machine. Without other XOs (or running OLPC software in emulation),
there difference is meaningless.

To simulate a larger network, however, you can run emulation software on
your PCs and Mac, and have all of them be full-screen OLPC machines. More
information on the wiki, and keep an eye out here on the site for
announcements on when we make free, live CDs available for download.

I understand that the OLPC computers will connect to each other just by
> clicking on the appropriate icon, but I don't understand how that will work
> with a PC or Mac.


PCs and Macs are not smart enough to participate in the mesh, which is based
on an open standard from Intel. The XO is dumb enough, if you will, to do
Infrastructure, or traditional wireless mode. This lets you connect your XO
with your other machines to connect to the internet and the like.


-- 
Michael Burns * Student
Open Source {Education} Lab
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