Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

[John Watlington]

Not knowing more about what you've done, I have
to ask a lot of v. simple questions.

When you say "move on", you have manually associated each
laptop with the AP once, right ?   And the ESSID hasn't changed ?

How realiable is the failure ?   Do all XOs "move on" to mesh
mode, or is this only a problem with a (random) few ?

How many XOs on each channel ?

You could be seeing a failure of DHCP to actually occur.
Have you checked /var/log/messages on a failing laptop ?

Cheers,
wad

On Jun 13, 2008, at 5:45 PM, David Leeming wrote:

> Thanks John, but I did realise that simple fact. The APs do have  
> DHCP server
> set up. They still move on.
>
> David Leeming
> Technical Advisor, People First Network
> Tel: +677 76396(m) 24419(h) 26358 (w)
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Watlington [mailto:wad at laptop.org]
> Sent: Saturday, 14 June 2008 12:44 a.m.
> To: David Leeming
> Cc: John Watlington; 'Bert Freudenberg'; devel at laptop.org
> Subject: Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 5:10 PM, David Leeming wrote:
>
>> Thanks - solved. It's all there on the wiki, yes (blush). We have a
>> lot of
>> time pressures imposed by the political realities here, with 20+
>> countries
>> each with their own government and process to go through, etc. I do
>> appreciate your help!
>>
>> Do you also know about access points, it was stressed at the  
>> Countries
>> meeting in Boston that 30+ XOs in one classroom do not collaborate
>> very
>> efficiently and the preferred method is to use an AP to enable
>> collaboration/sharing in the classroom, even if there is no
>> Internet access.
>> We have had some D-Link DWL2100 APs sent to us for this purpose and
>> what
>> happens is that if there is no Internet connection the XOs do not
>> associate
>> themselves persistently with the APs but "hang up" and go looking
>> for the
>> mesh. Do you know anything about that?
>
> Yes.   If there is no school server, and no other connection to the
> Internet,
> then you will have to let one of the APs provide DHCP service.   If
> the laptops
> connect to an AP, but aren't issued an address via DHCP, they move  
> on...
>
>> David Leeming
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bert Freudenberg [mailto:bert at freudenbergs.de]
>> Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2008 7:28 p.m.
>> To: David Leeming
>> Cc: devel at laptop.org
>> Subject: Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method
>>
>>
>> On 12.06.2008, at 05:53, David Leeming wrote:
>>
>>> How can I upgrade G1G1 XO-1s using the auto-reinstallation method
>>> with a flash drive? We have 100 to update here in PNG and it is
>>> impossible to use olpc-update as the connectivity is so poor. We
>>> have a flash drive with the new image 703 on it, and I successfully
>>> updated a B4. But when I try a G1G1 laptop, even with pressing the
>>> game keys it just boots normally without updating. I know I have
>>> some gaps in my knowledge regarding the keys and security for the
>>> G1G1 laptops, but unfortunately I need a quick answer. Much
>>> appreciate any help.
>>
>> Make sure it is the signed build (called "703" not "update.1-703"),
>> and remember you need an activity pack, too. See here:
>>
>> 	http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Secure_Upgrade
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
>>
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