[Olpc-mg] School server without/with wifi?

[Jean RANDRIAMAHENINA]

Hi all

 School server with wifi? YES, of course
The device enables network without cables. 
My opinion is ethic based one.
I 'll provide my ethic table through next message since I am posting from cyber
Tks

Jean


Jean Joseph Aimé RANDRIAMAHENINA

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--- En date de : Jeu 11.6.09, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> a écrit :

De: Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>
Objet: Re: [Olpc-mg] School server without/with wifi?
À: samy.boutayeb at olpc-france.org
Cc: "Bruce Baikie" <bruce at green-wifi.org>, kacandre at franxophonie.org, yamaplos at bolinux.org, "alberic janvier gervais chimon" <chimonalberic at gmail.com>, katherine.e.doyle at gmail.com, olpc-mg at lists.laptop.org
Date: Jeudi 11 Juin 2009, 7h05

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Samy Boutayeb (OLPC
France)<samy.boutayeb at olpc-france.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Two days ago, Kaçandre, from FranXOphonie (http://www.franxophonie.org )
> and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Libreville, who is actually in
> Kigaly, with the "OLPC learning centre"
> (http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13922&article=16468 ) told us
> the technical specifications of the "School server". This hardware should
> be used in the 30 OLPC deployments due in various african countries, among
> them in Ambatoharanana (see http://ampitso.wordpress.com/ ) in Madagascar.
>
> The hardware configuration is the following:
>
> SolidLogic GS-L02 Fanless Mini-ITX System
>   - Mainboard: EPIA LN10000EG 1GHz
>   - Case: Serener GS-L02 Fanless Mini-ITX Case - Black
>   - Memory: DDR2 667 RAM 1GB
>   - Hard Disk/Flash: Seagate Barracuda 3.5" SATA Hard Drive - 160GB
>   - Operating System: None
>   - Accessories: None
>   - Build and Test: Build & Test: Fanless - Standard (3-5 full
> business days)
>   - Power Switch: None - Unit will be set to Auto-Power-On
>   - Wireless: None
>
> There are images of the motherboard here:
> http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ln10000eg
>
> ... and from the enclosure here:
> http://www.logicsupply.com/products/gs_l02
>
> However, I didnt see any wifi component in this configuration.
>
> I assume the configuration of the wireless network and the Internet access
> should be discussed among the participants of the training in Kigali, but
> does anyone could share with us his/her vision or experience in that
> matter?
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Samy
>
>
>
>
> --
> Samy Boutayeb
> Secrétaire OLPC France
> http://olpc-france.org
> samy.boutayeb at olpc-france.org
>
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Samy,

It is my understanding that the wireless component (be it active
antenna or access point) lives physically outside the school server
(for convenience) and is attached either via Ethernet (as in most wifi
access points) or USB (as in the active antenna). I must note that
OLPC is not deploying any active antennas at the moment.

If there are multiple access points and/or multiple USB AA, the
devices are "bonded" so as to provide service across all the bonded
interfaces.
(http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bonding)

By the way, we tested a fit-pc
(http://www.fit-pc.com/new/whats-new.html) as school server for about
14 XOs yesterday (the Maroantsetra batch), and it performed without a
hitch. We actually ran it off a portable battery :-) The revision of
fit-pc (fit-pc2
http://fit-pc2.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fit-PC2_Specifications) has
specs closer to the ones mentioned above. We might get our hands on
one soon...we'll elt you know how that goes.

Hope this helps.

cheers,
Sameer
-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
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