[Olpc-mg] Olpc-mg Digest, Vol 3, Issue 16

[Kate Doyle]

Hi all,

I'm part of the OLPCorps team deploying in Ambatoharanana, and we just
recently received unfortunate news that all packages sent to the
country, regardless of charity status, will now have a tax levied on
them. Does anyone have any information about this? This would be a
significant hurdle and a large cost, as 100 XOs are already on their
way via DHL.

Thanks,
Kate

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> From: Katherine Doyle <katherine.e.doyle at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Olpc-mg] School server without/with wifi?
> To: Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>
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> Hi all,
>
> Sameer is correct - the XS we are using as a part of OLPCorps has no
> wireless. It's my understanding that all previous deployments have
> bought their own server and simply installed the XS software on it. We
> will be able to connect an access point to the XS we received with a
> USB cord, thus creating a wireless network.
>
> Greetings to all from Kigali!
>
> Best,
> Kate
>
> On 6/11/09, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>> 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, Ka?andre, from FranXOphonie (http://www.franxophonie.org )
>>> and the Ecole Nationale Sup?rieure 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
>>> Secr?taire 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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> Kate Doyle
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