plz test Build 802 + Firmware Q2E41 = Candidate Release 8.2.1

Peter Robinson pbrobinson at gmail.com
Wed May 6 07:12:47 EDT 2009


>> The build is now signed so you don't even need a developer key:
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Friends_in_testing
>>
>> Helping us test WPA (WPA2 especially) would be most useful, since these
>> wifi connections sometimes fail as much as 20% of the time, when Release
>> 8.2.0 seemed to fail only ~10% of the time.  And of course try:
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/1_hour_smoke_test
>
> WPA 1 doesn't work from my XO to my home DSL router (A UK BeBox - a
> rebadged Speedtouch 780) with build 802. I previously tried one of the
> previous 8.2.1 builds without luck as well. I don't currently have
> WPA2 enabled as it causes issues with my eeePC 901. I just keep
> getting prompted for the password.

I tested this further. I found the Channel on my home wifi was 11 and
was unable to connect because of the mesh being on channel 1. I moved
the router to channel 1 and it works now. I'll test later moving the
mesh to 11 and see if it can still connect using WPA then.

Peter



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