[OLPC Networking] [Server-devel] XO/XS Networking Issues

[Martin Langhoff]

You have a chicken-and-egg problem there. Maybe you can download the
rpms you need from another computer?


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On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Shaun Pickford
<shaun.pickford at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am currently in Haiti working to set up a school server in a partner
> school that has ~20 XO's.  We have XS running on a Fit-PC2 and are able to
> connect to the School Server from our test XO.  Our ideal next step is
> providing internet connectivity to the XO's through the server.  To
> accomplish this, we hope to utilize a Natcom 3G card connected to one of the
> USB ports.  It seems like all we need to do is install wvdial, but I'm
> getting a "Couldn't resolve host 'mirrorlist.centos.org'" error.  I
> currently have no other way to connect the server to the internet (there is
> wifi at our hotel, but I'm not sure how to connect the XS or even if I
> can?).
>
> I'm sure this is an easy fix, I just don't know what commands I need and am
> having trouble finding them in the XS documentation on laptop.org.
>
> Thank you to anyone who can help out!
>
> (PS: I leave the country Monday morning to return to the states, so the
> faster I hear back, the better!)
>
> -Katelyn Doran
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
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