<br>Already done so..:).<br><br>btw what type of acces points would you recommend, i'd use Linksys <br><br>but maybe another types would be better, are there specific references or brands that would be better in your point of view ?<br>
<br>or there are not strong feelings about one kind or another?.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:42 PM, John Watlington <<a href="mailto:wad@laptop.org">wad@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
I'd like to see other responses to your post as well...<br>
Go ahead and request an active antenna from Julia --- they<br>
are easier to play with than access points. But in your deployments<br>
you will need access points.<br>
<br>
wad<br>
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On Mar 14, 2008, at 12:17 AM, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi John<br>
><br>
> I'll begin with Build 160 then, and i'll wait to see figures for<br>
> the active antenna.<br>
><br>
> thanks for your reply and surely i will be bothering you guys for<br>
> any further doubts.:)<br>
><br>
> cheers!.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:56 PM, John Watlington <<a href="mailto:wad@laptop.org">wad@laptop.org</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Rafael,<br>
> I would start with the stock installation, from USB key or CD<br>
> on any old PC with a couple of network interfaces.<br>
> Build 160 is surprisingly easy to get up and working...<br>
> In schools which have more than 120 or so students, we are<br>
> recommending traditional 802.11b/g access points,<br>
> bridging wireless channels 1, 6, and 11 onto a wired LAN<br>
> connected to a school server.<br>
> The active antenna are more suitable for less dense deployments,<br>
> where there are less laptops per channel. We are setting up tests<br>
> to allow us to qualify and improve these numbers.<br>
><br>
> wad<br>
><br>
> On Mar 13, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Hello,<br>
> ><br>
> > In the next couple of months, we are going to begin an OLPC pilot<br>
> > here in Colombia, i've been lurking around in this list<br>
> > to learn about the school server installation and so on, although<br>
> > there are nice documents in the wiki, that i'm beginning to<br>
> > translate to spanish, i wanted to know if anyone of you have<br>
> > special recommendations for this installation or also wanted to<br>
> > share with me your experiences about it, although i haven't been in<br>
> > the designated places to this pilot, i'm beginning to make a test<br>
> > environment.<br>
> ><br>
> > Are there any special metodologies that i should follow to do this ?<br>
> > what are your experiences with the active antennas?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks and looking forward to hear your answers :)!<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero<br>
> > One Laptop Per Child<br>
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><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero<br>
> One Laptop Per Child<br>
> <a href="mailto:rafael@laptop.org">rafael@laptop.org</a><br>
<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero <br>One Laptop Per Child<br><a href="mailto:rafael@laptop.org">rafael@laptop.org</a>