<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi all<br><br> School server with wifi? YES, of course<br>The device enables network without cables. <br>My opinion is ethic based one.<br>I 'll provide my ethic table through next message since I am posting from cyber<br>Tks<br><br>Jean<br><br><br>Jean Joseph Aimé RANDRIAMAHENINA<br>
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Tel 261 32 02 247 44<br><br>--- En date de : <b>Jeu 11.6.09, Sameer Verma <i><sverma@sfsu.edu></i></b> a écrit :<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>De: Sameer Verma <sverma@sfsu.edu><br>Objet: Re: [Olpc-mg] School server without/with wifi?<br>À: samy.boutayeb@olpc-france.org<br>Cc: "Bruce Baikie" <bruce@green-wifi.org>, kacandre@franxophonie.org, yamaplos@bolinux.org, "alberic janvier gervais chimon" <chimonalberic@gmail.com>, katherine.e.doyle@gmail.com, olpc-mg@lists.laptop.org<br>Date: Jeudi 11 Juin 2009, 7h05<br><br><div class="plainMail">On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Samy Boutayeb (OLPC<br>France)<<a ymailto="mailto:samy.boutayeb@olpc-france.org" href="/mc/compose?to=samy.boutayeb@olpc-france.org">samy.boutayeb@olpc-france.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi all,<br>><br>> Two days ago, Kaçandre, from FranXOphonie (<a
href="http://www.franxophonie.org" target="_blank">http://www.franxophonie.org</a> )<br>> and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Libreville, who is actually in<br>> Kigaly, with the "OLPC learning centre"<br>> (<a href="http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13922&article=16468" target="_blank">http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13922&article=16468</a> ) told us<br>> the technical specifications of the "School server". This hardware should<br>> be used in the 30 OLPC deployments due in various african countries, among<br>> them in Ambatoharanana (see <a href="http://ampitso.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://ampitso.wordpress.com/</a> ) in Madagascar.<br>><br>> The hardware configuration is the following:<br>><br>> SolidLogic GS-L02 Fanless Mini-ITX System<br>> - Mainboard: EPIA LN10000EG 1GHz<br>> - Case: Serener GS-L02 Fanless Mini-ITX Case - Black<br>> - Memory: DDR2
667 RAM 1GB<br>> - Hard Disk/Flash: Seagate Barracuda 3.5" SATA Hard Drive - 160GB<br>> - Operating System: None<br>> - Accessories: None<br>> - Build and Test: Build & Test: Fanless - Standard (3-5 full<br>> business days)<br>> - Power Switch: None - Unit will be set to Auto-Power-On<br>> - Wireless: None<br>><br>> There are images of the motherboard here:<br>> <a href="http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ln10000eg" target="_blank">http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ln10000eg</a><br>><br>> ... and from the enclosure here:<br>> <a href="http://www.logicsupply.com/products/gs_l02" target="_blank">http://www.logicsupply.com/products/gs_l02</a><br>><br>> However, I didnt see any wifi component in this configuration.<br>><br>> I assume the configuration of the wireless network and the Internet access<br>> should be discussed among the participants of the
training in Kigali, but<br>> does anyone could share with us his/her vision or experience in that<br>> matter?<br>><br>> Thank you in advance<br>><br>> Samy<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Samy Boutayeb<br>> Secrétaire OLPC France<br>> <a href="http://olpc-france.org" target="_blank">http://olpc-france.org</a><br>> <a ymailto="mailto:samy.boutayeb@olpc-france.org" href="/mc/compose?to=samy.boutayeb@olpc-france.org">samy.boutayeb@olpc-france.org</a><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Olpc-mg mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Olpc-mg@lists.laptop.org" href="/mc/compose?to=Olpc-mg@lists.laptop.org">Olpc-mg@lists.laptop.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-mg" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-mg</a><br>><br><br>Samy,<br><br>It is my understanding that the wireless component (be it active<br>antenna or access point)
lives physically outside the school server<br>(for convenience) and is attached either via Ethernet (as in most wifi<br>access points) or USB (as in the active antenna). I must note that<br>OLPC is not deploying any active antennas at the moment.<br><br>If there are multiple access points and/or multiple USB AA, the<br>devices are "bonded" so as to provide service across all the bonded<br>interfaces.<br>(<a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bonding" target="_blank">http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bonding</a>)<br><br>By the way, we tested a fit-pc<br>(<a href="http://www.fit-pc.com/new/whats-new.html" target="_blank">http://www.fit-pc.com/new/whats-new.html</a>) as school server for about<br>14 XOs yesterday (the Maroantsetra batch), and it performed without a<br>hitch. We actually ran it off a portable battery :-) The revision of<br>fit-pc (fit-pc2<br><a href="http://fit-pc2.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fit-PC2_Specifications"
target="_blank">http://fit-pc2.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fit-PC2_Specifications</a>) has<br>specs closer to the ones mentioned above. We might get our hands on<br>one soon...we'll elt you know how that goes.<br><br>Hope this helps.<br><br>cheers,<br>Sameer<br>-- <br>Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.<br>Associate Professor of Information Systems<br>San Francisco State University<br>San Francisco CA 94132 USA<br><a href="http://verma.sfsu.edu/" target="_blank">http://verma.sfsu.edu/</a><br><a href="http://opensource.sfsu.edu/" target="_blank">http://opensource.sfsu.edu/</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Olpc-mg mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Olpc-mg@lists.laptop.org" href="/mc/compose?to=Olpc-mg@lists.laptop.org">Olpc-mg@lists.laptop.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-mg" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-mg</a><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>