FON supporting mesh ?

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 21.04.2009, at 23:22, Peter Robinson wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>   > Anybody know anything more about the mesh support in the latest
>>   > FON router ?  It is supposedly compatible with OLPC's mesh !
>>
>> Looking at the http://wiki.fon.com/wiki/La_Fonera_2.0 OLPC plugin
>> tarball, it does this using libertas/usb8xxx and the firmware we
>> redistribute, so it wouldn't be surprising that it's compatible.
>>
>> I don't understand what chipset they're shipping that can use that
>> firmware, though -- it'd have to be the 8388, but the same page says
>> Fon 2.0 uses an Atheros NIC.  I think maybe they're suggesting it'll
>> work if you plug a USB 8388 part in..
>
> It seems that way from their blog
> http://blog.fonosfera.org/oktopussy-2-is-here-nice-bugfixes-and-the-very-first-ap-that-does-meshing-with-olpc/


In the comments:

Q: where can i find this marvell wifi dongle? I googled…but i only see  
it being mentioned on laptop.org
A: laptop.org is the place, but maybe other manufacturer use that chip


So the Active Antenna it is, apparently.

- Bert -