[OLPC India] XO & internet connection

[Walter Bender]

There is a problem with WPA on Build 650 (Please see
http://www.laptop.org/en/laptop/start/connecting.shtml), so if that is
what you were trying to use, it would not have worked. As Marc
suggests, please start with an open network just to make sure things
are working. Also, please update to a more recent build, one that
supports WPA (You can force the update from the terminal activity.
Instructions can be found in the wiki:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpc-update).

A list of routers know to work:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wireless_Access_Point_Compatibility

Regarding the problems with the one laptop, could you please be more specific?

regards.

-walter

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Marc Valentin
<mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org> wrote:
> Bill,
>  The lock sign simply shows that the wifi network is protected (by WEP or WPA).
>  When you double click on the icon, you are prompted to type a
>  password. Check documentation of the router. If it came with
>  protection enabled than the password should be written in the
>  documentation.
>  I am currently in India and working with a router and 9 XO... I had no
>  problem at all. I started with non-protected network and now I use WPA
>  protection. The router is giving internet connection with Reliance
>  Net-Connect. It is slow but convenient.
>  I upgraded the firmware of all the XO to 656 before starting the work,
>  I don't know if there is a problem with 650. Before coming to India, I
>  did some experiments with a Pre-n router and that didn't work. The XO
>  seems to mess up the Pre-n router completely. As far as I know, this
>  bug is not yet fixed.
>  -Marc Valentin-
>
>
>
>  On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Bill Coddington <snwyrvr at comcast.net> wrote:
>  >  Hello, I have just returned from 3 weeks in India. My purpose was to
>  > deliver 8 XO's and teach the children to use them. I was very frustrated by
>  > not being able to connect a single laptop to the internet. I purchased
>  > quality routers in Delhi and Hydrabad but none of them would allow
>  > connection. When I went to neighborhood it showed the router but had a lock
>  > on it. Can someone tell me how  to remove the lock to resolve this problem?
>  > Also I had to bring one home because it had 2 problems. Does anyone know who
>  > I can communicate with to receive a replacement?
>  >
>  > The organization I work with in Delhi is St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi's
>  > largest private hospital. The program I work in is the Community Health
>  > Center in Sundar Nagri. It is a fantastic  program supporting a colony
>  > population of 90,000 with education of 1,000 students, an open-school for
>  > dropouts with 150 students, medical exams & supplies, immunizations, senior
>  > center, child to child education/teaching, women's empowerment department,
>  > family planning and many other significant contributing programs. They also
>  > have an additional 9 rural projects where they offer these programs. They
>  > are a God-send to the population whom 50% live below the poverty level. I
>  > would like Reliance to have a conversation with the Center's Director, Dr.
>  > Amod Kumar, concerning the Center's future as a learning center for XO. Can
>  > someone tell me how I might facilitate an introduction/conversation? Sorry
>  > to take so much room on the list but I have many questions, and I'll defer
>  > more to a later time. Thanks for your help and input.
>  >
>  >
>  > Bill Coddington
>  > St. Stephen's website is:
>  >
>  >
>
>
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Walter Bender
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