[Server-devel] Fwd: [SoaS] wireless connection school server

Reuben K. Caron reuben at laptop.org
Mon Mar 29 15:43:15 EDT 2010


David,

Keeping the list on.

So to be clear the XOs are connected to an Active Antenna and the SOAS  
is connected to an AP?

How is the AP connected to the XS?

Reuben

On Mar 29, 2010, at 3:40 PM, David Leeming wrote:

> The XOs are connected to the school server default 172.18.00 network  
> via a
> single AP (in this case an AA).
>
> The issue is that when I connect the computer running SOAS
> Wirelessly, the XS gives it an IP address in another range  
> (10.42.xxx.xxx)
> so it can't see or collaborate with the XOs. However, if I make a  
> wired
> connection with the SOAS to eth1 it does get the default IP range
> 172.18.xxx.xxx and collaborates OK.
>
> The XS is running with default configuration.
>
>
> David Leeming
> Leeming Consulting, P.O. Box 652, Honiara, Solomon Islands
> Tel: +677 747-6396 (m) 24419 (h)
> www.leeming-consulting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reuben K. Caron [mailto:reuben at laptop.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 March 2010 2:00 a.m.
> To: David Leeming
> Cc: XS Devel
> Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Fwd: [SoaS] wireless connection school  
> server
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>
>> [Forwarding to the XS list]
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Leeming <david at leeming-consulting.com>
>> Date: Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 23:02
>> Subject: [SoaS] wireless connection school server
>> To: SoaS <soas at lists.sugarlabs.org>
>>
>>
>> Not sure if this is an SOAS or XS question or both!
>>
>>
>>
>> I am trying out a mixed environment with XO-1s and SOAS.
>>
>>
>>
>> The XOs are connected and registered on an XS with v 0.6. They  
>> connect
>> to a default network 172.18.0.0 wirelessly.
>>
>
> What wireless network are the XOs connected to?
>
>>
>>
>> I have one PC netbook running SOAS 2 Blueberry. I can connect
>> wirelessly but it gives me a different network 10.42.xxx.xxx (or
>> close). The wireless icon on the SOAS shows me "connected to the
>> school server" but I can't access any resources or register etc.
>
> Is this connected to the same wireless network? The same exact AP? If
> you have multiple APs are they all configured to act as a bridge to
> the wired network so that the XS can hand out IP addresses?2
>
> snip
>
>>
>>
>> What would I see if I had 2 or more computers running SOAS,  
>> connecting
>> wirelessly? Should they be receiving IP addresses in the default  
>> range
>> (172.18.0.0) or the other range I was observing (10.42.xxx.xxx)?
>
> They should all have 172 addresses. Tell us more about how your
> networking is setup.
>
> Regards,
>
> Reuben
>
>
>



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