Early activation with an AP instead of AA
Martin Langhoff
martin.langhoff at gmail.com
Thu Aug 28 21:21:28 EDT 2008
Douglas is preparing an rpm with all the bits needed to run an
activation server -- for the initial at-boot- activation only scenario
-- on the XS.
This is meant to work with an AA (active antenna), but looking at the
python code in the initrd, I wonder whether an AP or a machine with a
wlan interface set to ad-hoc can also be used. See:
def select_network_channel (channel):
check_call(['/sbin/iwconfig','eth0','mode','ad-hoc','essid','dontcare'])
check_call(['/sbin/iwconfig','msh0','channel',str(channel)])
check_call(['/sbin/ifconfig','msh0','up']) # rely on ipv6 autoconfig
...
With this setup, will the XO also send the frames over conventional
802.11a/b/g or not at all?
OTOH, large deployments wanting to activate XOs in a warehouse can get
an AA without much trouble.
cheers,
m
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