[Server-devel] One server NIC - using Sugar on Linux, not OLPCs

[Sameer Verma]

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Martin Langhoff
<martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Rob Echlin <rob at echlin.ca> wrote:
>> I tried xs-swapnics, but that did not put the LAN stuff on eth0.
>
> What it does is -- it changes config so the NIC you have is now eth1.
> That eth1 does not directly have an IP, but is "bonded" into
> 'lanbond0' which does.
>
> As Tom mentions, the XS wants to "run" the network, so hook that NIC
> to an AP that doesn't do NAT and does not give DHCP leases. Must
> behave as a real dumb AP :-) not as a smartypants router+AP.
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
> m
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For testing purposes, you can use a crossover Ethernet cable between
the IBM laptop and the XS, thereby removing any ambiguities with the
AP for now.

cheers,
Sameer
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