[OLPC India] USB to LAN Converter for OLPC

[Nagarjuna G]

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Abhishek Indoria
<indoria_abhishek at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> OLPC do not contains LAN connectivity - It has advanced Mess network.
>> There is a product called - *"The USB to LAN Ethernet adapter"
> .
>> It will cost us ? 621 per piece in bulk. I think it is a good idea to give
>> such adapter with OLPC by default.
>
> Um, okay, thing is, not all connectors supports all modems. There are some
> connectors which support some modems while they don't support others, and
> vice versa. My personal opinion, this will be a waste of resources as it is
> not necessary that that specific connector will support the modem you, or I
> are using.
>
> Just an opinion.
>

What is the use case of a LAN connection for an OLPC,   unless a
student wants to connect to a broadband connection from home.

In a school setting, the best option is to buy a wireless router, or
get a WLAN card on the school server.

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GN