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<p class=MsoNormal>Trying out the school server for the first time at a
training session in a Solomon Islands deployment. With 23 trainee teachers,
using G1G1 XO-1 laptops with build 703 (update 1). All registered successfully
and all able to connect to and access the server. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>It seemed to be working 100% but then we started noticing
that it was not unusual to be missing some XOs on the neighbourhood view.
This was apparent with an exercise where people in groups of 4-5 tried to
locate each other and make friends, in order to manage sharing in smaller
groups. Almost all of the groups could not locate all of the other members of
their group.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I checked, all were registered, connected to the school mesh
and all could see most of the other laptops. But not 100% reliably all of the
others. Rebooting did not help much.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This was in a very rural location with no cell phones, no
wireless access points apart from the XS active antenna, in a small wooden
classroom 6 x 6m. There was, however, an old inverter running; not sure if that
might have been making RF noise. We were running the school server from a
battery.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I was using an XS set up to demonstrate the concept only, on
a 4-year old Toshiba A3 laptop. I have a prototype active antenna.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So (a) should I expect all the other laptops to be visible?
And (b) what is the maximum number of XOs per server?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Server access seems very robust and very impressive. But the
unreliable collaboration is a disappointment, it was not much better than a
similar size group using the simple mesh. What could be the reason?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i>David Leeming<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i>Honiara, Solomon Islands, South Pacific<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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