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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Here at OLPC AU, we are using Linksys WRT54GLs using DD-WRT and
configuring the routers to act as an AP according to the following
instructions. <a
href="http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Access_Point">http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Access_Point</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I found I could turn the WRT54GL into the required AP mode in
10minutes, using an XO. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In our first round of deployments we will be only using
WRT54GLs, and after speaking to Dev, will be working on 1 for every 25. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thx,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Rangan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US
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server-devel-bounces@lists.laptop.org
[mailto:server-devel-bounces@lists.laptop.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Reuben K.
Caron<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 10 March 2009 11:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Daniel Drake<br>
<b>Cc:</b> server-devel<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Server-devel] Serving 400+ students w/ a single central XS
- ejabberd nightmare?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Daniel Drake wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>2009/3/9 Bryan Berry <a href="mailto:bryan@olenepal.org"><bryan@olenepal.org></a>:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>We will have roughly 8+ AP's. We have found that off-the-shelf AP's can<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>handle around 60-70 users. But that doesn't still doesn't solve the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>problem of the XO's getting bogged down by tons of ejabberd chatter.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>DSD: do you have any ideas about this?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Have only had a chance to test numbers on Linksys WRT54Gsomething<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>routers, which stop accepting new connections after 33 users. yay.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal>Have you tried loading a different firmware on these,
dd-wrt?<o:p></o:p></p>
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