[Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: [IIAB] SGVHAK and IIAB Meeting this Saturday afternoon 10/26

[George Hunt]

Curt,

Checking the facts: You have a laptop, (what make and model), which has a
ethernet port, and a wifi adapter builtin. You want the wifi to act as AP.

If this is so, it's very similar to the situation we have with the
trimslice.  One issue is that the wifi chipset needs to be able to go into
"access point" mode. And the driver needs to be able to switch the hardware
into the AP mode.

The autoconfigure logic we wrote for XO's will not necessarily do the
correct things. So you will need to tell the network software how to
configure itselfr On the trimslice, I wound up needing to write
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-wlan0 files.

see
https://github.com/XSCE/xsce/blob/master/plugins.d/startup/files/bootstrap-ts
-- the here-documents around line 60 show what worked for me. In
addition
you will have to load and run hostapd daemon  to handle connections that
other wifi clients will be trying to make.

George


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Adam Holt <holt at unleashkids.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:03 AM, Curt Thompson <curtathompson at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Braddock.  Thanks for meeting with us.  You had asked if we were
>> local in another thread -- I live right here in Pasadena and James is at
>> LMU near LAX.
>>
>> This email mentions projects... I have Fedora-based XSCE School Server
>> working with an Internet-in-a-Box hard drive, with an old wifi router as
>> AP.  I have been trying to set up this laptop as an "all-in-one"
>> server/router/wireless AP, where the the ethernet port would act as WAN
>> with that connection shared via wireless (So, eth0 = WAN and wlan0=LAN,
>> I believe).  Perhaps someone there would be willing to help me out with
>> this.
>>
>
> I'm asking the veterans at xsce-devel at googlegroups.com who might have
> more insight above?
>
> In any case, I look forward to meeting you and the rest of the group in
>> a couple of days.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Curt
>>
>> On 10/24/2013 11:22 AM, Braddock Gaskill wrote:
>> > I will be at the SGVHAK meeting from approximately 3pm to 5pm this
>> >
>> > Saturday at the Hastings Branch Library and we can have an
>> >
>> > Internet-in-a-Box sub-meeting then.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > There will be two volunteers joining us from the One Laptop Per Child
>> >
>> > community who are working on IIAB deployments in Haiti and elsewhere.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -braddock
>> >
>> > 443-854-4691
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:58:42 -0700 (PDT), Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com>
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Reminder that we have a HAK meeting this Saturday at Hastings Branch
>> >> Library.  We meet on the 4th Saturday afternoon of the month at the
>> >> library.  (See end of e-mail for the specific dates.)
>> >> I suggest bringing power strips and extension cords.  I've lost track
>> of
>> >> my giant power strip.
>> >> When: Saturday, 10/26/2013 2:00 - 6:00 PM
>> >> Where: Hastings Branch Library (3325 East Orange Grove Boulevard
>> > Pasadena,
>> >
>> >> CA 91107)
>> >> Come find us at the meeting room near the circulation desk.
>> >> These are hands-on working meetings. There are tables, free wifi, and a
>> >> group of knowledgeable people. So come, bring your projects, show off
>> > your
>> >
>> >> new toys, and just connect with your fellow hardware geeks. There is
>> > even a
>> >
>> >> projector if you want to do a mini-presentation.
>> >> If you're planning on coming and working on something cool, please
>> speak
>> >> up.  We talked about trying to come up with a group project to work on
>> >> during these meetings.  I think we could also help people finish up
>> > their
>> >
>> >> projects.  It would give us a chance to learn from each other.
>> >> It can sometimes be confusing to remember which Saturday we meet.   Our
>> >> reservation goes from July 2013 to June 2014.  These are the dates I
>> >> reserved:
>> >> Oct 26, 2013 (this week)
>> >> Nov 23, 2013
>> >> Dec 28, 2013
>> >> Jan 25, 2014
>> >> Feb 22, 2014
>> >> Mar 22, 2014
>> >> Apr 26, 2014
>> >> May 24, 2014
>> >> Jun 28, 2014
>> >> Lan
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
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