Startup problems

[David Leeming PFnet]

Thanks everyone who responded - we'll give that a go.

David 


-----Original Message-----
From: Javier Cardona [mailto:javier at cozybit.com] 
Sent: Friday, 27 April 2007 6:19 a.m.
To: David Leeming PFnet
Cc: devel at laptop.org
Subject: Re: Startup problems

Hi David,

> > 2. Mesh Network.
> >
> > We couldn't get a group of 3 B2s to see each other. We are based in 
> > different countries so only had a chance during a 2-hour meeting. 
> > They
>
> The current setup require a mesh portal to work. You need an additional
>   box running the mesh portal stuff.  This is a temp solution until we 
> work out a few of the thorny issues with mesh bringup.

The Mesh Portal is needed if you want to connect the mesh to the Internet,
but not if you want to create an isolated mesh.  You can bring up the mesh
manually following the steps described here:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mesh_Network_Details#Usage

Also you will find a basic test to demonstrate the "power of the mesh" here:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mesh_Network_Details#Experimenting

Cheers,

Javier