[PyCON-Organizers] OLPCs not considerate wireless users

[Mitch Bradley]

Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves wrote:
> I've noticed that mesh activity appears to be ALWAYS on.  Even when
> the laptop is not doing anything, as in not conected to a school/local
> mesh and not sharing any activity.  Sometimes even on Suspend mode I
> see the Wireless activity light flashing.  I'm sure this somehow
> drains batteries faster than it should and probably adds unnecessary
> traffic to a Wiresless network.
>   

The reason the mesh is always on is so that XOs can server as routers to 
propagate connectivity to other systems that may be far away.

This does impact battery life; by leaving your mesh on, you give up some 
of your battery life to maintain network connectivity for your friends.

We need to address the problem of the mesh adversely affecting other 
wireless users.  See http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4818

> My suggestion is to activate the Mesh only when needed: when sharing
> an activity or when connecting with someone who does.  Or somehow find
> a way to tune it down (e.g. less updates).
>
> On 11/11/07, Noah Kantrowitz <kantrn at rpi.edu> wrote:
>   
>> As an absolute fall-back, there is a
>> snippet of commands on the wiki to disable the wireless interface
>> ("Airplane mode" or similar IIRC).
>>     
>
> I've never seen that page.  Link please.
>
>
> -Ivo
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