[Server-devel] Wireless Cards in the School Server

[Dev Mohanty]

I believe most AP's are plug n play on the XS, we'd tested quite a few
including the Active Antenna's that OLPC used to ship earlier, which worked
fine in AP/Bridged/Managed mode, though used to crash every once in a while
and required a reboot. The interface labelling as Sameer pointed out was a
bit tricky though. Also, if I remember correctly we'd gotten
the best perfomance with 20 or so XO's to an AP.

You could also use the APs in repeater mode with the same SSID, if
you're planning to use more then one AP.

Cheers,
Dev

On 3/9/09, John Watlington <wad at laptop.org> wrote:
>
>
> Unless your school is very small, using dedicated wireless interface
> in the server is probably not
> a good idea.
>
> We suggest dedicated access points as schools with more than 40 - 50
> students will need more
> than one access point, and they are best spread out (i.e. not all the
> antennas are within three feet
> of the school server.)
>
> There is currently no effort in the XS configuration scripts to
> recognize and properly configure such
> an interface.  That doesn't mean it won't "just work", and I'm sure
> it could be made to work with minimal
> effort.
>
> As Sameer said, let us know what you decide, and what works for you!
>
> Cheers,
> wad
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Xavier Ziemba wrote:
>
> > I've been working on configuring an XS server for the Cambridge
> > Friends School in Massachusetts and have a couple of questions
> > regarding wireless networking and the XS server. Does the XS
> > software support automatic configuration of PCI wireless cards
> > within the server itself? The documentation on the OLPC wiki seems
> > to suggest that using separate wireless access points through a
> > wired interface is supported; would this be a better solution for
> > this deployment? Also, how would I go about configuring the
> > appropriate links between network interfaces if I used wireless
> > cards within the server?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Xavier Ziemba
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