[Server-devel] Wireless connectivity issues at Kasiisi w/ new server

[Brian Ghidinelli]

James,

Thanks for the quick reply - you are correct.  I was debugging in 
isolation and didn't realize these were dumb access points without 
DHCPD.  I've hooked it up to the new server I brought and voila, we're 
up and running.  Now to get XS/browse working smoothly and they should 
be off and running.  The old server appears to have some messed up DHCP 
settings so nobody was getting IP addresses.

Thanks!

Brian

On 8/8/2012 1:35 AM, James Cameron wrote:
> G'day Brian,
>
> It does sound like the access points or the network are not providing
> DHCP service, given that your iPad and laptop both get 169.254
> addresses.  They do that in the absence of DHCP.
>
> You will have to add a DHCP service to the network, by either:
>
> 1.  configuring the server to provide DHCP, which is probably the
> usual method for OLPC XS deployment, or
>
> 2.  configuring the wireless routers to each provide a DHCP range, or
>
> 3.  configuring an upstream router to provide DHCP.
>
> Using iwconfig and ifconfig manually on an XO is only practical if you
> turn off Network Manager.
>
> I'm sorry I don't know exactly which solution is best, as I'm not
> sufficiently familiar with OLPC XS.  But I know you have limited time,
> so I've given you what I can.
>

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