[OLPC library] Networking sections for consideration

[adam hyde]

nice feedback.


daniel, any chance you can create an account and update this or shall we
ask someone else to do it?

adam



On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 16:37 -0400, Daniel Drake wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 13:11 -0400, Brian Jordan wrote:
> > SUGAR:
> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/WhatIsANetwork
> 
> Active antennas don't work. Mesh Point functionality doesn't work. You
> probably don't want these in the documentation.
> Access points are not built into the school server.
> The wording suggests that a school server is the only way to establish
> "network connectivity"
> 
> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/ConnectingNetwork
> 
> Simple mesh does not get you connected to the internet
> School server mesh doesn't work (we don't ship active antennas anywhere)
> Wired network connections are not established from network view
> The mesh icons are not MPPs, they are not channels. You see 3 mesh
> channels regardless of how many MPPs or mesh nodes there are in the
> area.
> Saying a network is "locked" is not really familiar terminology to
> anyone.. You would say it has security.
> 
> APs in network view no longer turn white. You have to look in the frame.
> 
> Screenshots that show the frame are out of date. e.g. the AP circle now
> appears bottom right, not left.
> 
> Talks about "Hex Converter" but doesn't say what that is. Also I feel
> you want a lot more description about keys and encryption schemes if you
> want to cut down on G1G1 wireless support tickets.
> 
> When connected to an AP with no school server, you can collaborate
> without jabber. It uses multicast over salut. It is rare that you would
> be collaborating using jabber unless you are on a network backed by a
> school server, since you probably don't have a jabber server available
> and will not have input the address on the XOs.
> 
> > 
> > XO -- Anne Gentle (annegentle at gmail.com) wrote these:
> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/XO/GiveMeTheInternet
> 
> Jabber server is unrelated to internet connectivity.
> Internet access does not work over the mesh.
> 
> The XO cannot recognize network names that contain spaces, --> not true!
> "media lab 802.11" works fine
> 
> When you connect the XO to a wireless network, the XO becomes a network
> point. This means that other XO laptops within about 100 meters can
> connect to the Internet through your XO laptop. --> not true
> 
> Similarly, if a nearby XO is connected to the Internet, you can connect
> to that XO laptop and the Internet through the other XO when using the
> mesh network. --> not true
> 
> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/XO/Troubleshooting
> 
> Is your WiFi router configured to support 802.11g? --> doesn't make
> sense to me. Is this saying we don't support 802.11b?
> 
> Are the access point settings not in channels 1, 6, or 11? --> I don't
> think theres any point documenting old bugs.
> 
> The XO section also repeatedly mentioned the white rim, but remember
> this only appears in the frame.
> 
> 
> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/XO/ExternalHardware
> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/XO/RouterTable
> 
> I don't like pointing people at that table. It's so incomplete, includes
> so few failure cases, lacks many details, etc.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The XO section also repeatedly mentioned the white rim, but remember
> this only appears in the frame.
> 
> 
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