[Testing] Test meeting minutes, 7/9/07

[Zack Cerza]

Dan said there should be a bug filed already about this. I've been 
looking, but I can't seem to find it.

Zack

Kim Quirk wrote:
> Zack (and Michail),
> 
> I got clarification from Dan that this should work in Trial-2, and you 
> should write up a bug. Two laptops in the desert with no servers 
> anywhere should see each other on the neighborhood mesh and be able to 
> collaborate.
> 
> Please make this a blocking bug so we will get the right people working 
> on it asap.
> 
> Thanks!
> Kim
> 
> On 7/10/07, *Michail Bletsas* < mbletsas at laptop.org 
> <mailto:mbletsas at laptop.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Kim,
> 
>     That's the piece that everybody keeps missing.
>     When you have a scenario like John's,
>     YOUSHOULDNOTHAVETORELYONANYTHINGELSE to get the laptops to talk with
>     each other.
> 
> 
>     M.
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: "Kim Quirk" < kim at laptop.org <mailto:kim at laptop.org>>
> 
>     Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:58:35
>     To:"Zack Cerza" <zcerza at redhat.com <mailto:zcerza at redhat.com>>
>     Cc:Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com <mailto:dcbw at redhat.com>>,
>     testing at laptop.org <mailto:testing at laptop.org>,       John Fuhrer
>     <John_Fuhrer at brown.edu <mailto:John_Fuhrer at brown.edu>>
>     Subject: Re: [Testing] Test meeting minutes, 7/9/07
> 
> 
>     Zack,
>     Ok. I think you are missing one thing: One of the XOs has to be
>     connected to an AP or with a USB-Ethernet dongle connected to your
>     internal network. This XO will then provide a mesh network for the
>     others.
> 
>     So try that, then see if you get a mesh circle in the neighborhood
>     view. After that, the other XOs should be able to connect to that
>     mesh network. If it doesn't work right away try rebooting the other XOs.
> 
>     Keep me posted.
> 
>     Kim
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     On 7/10/07, Zack Cerza <zcerza at redhat.com <mailto:zcerza at redhat.com>
>     <mailto:zcerza at redhat.com <mailto:zcerza at redhat.com>> > wrote: Kim
>     Quirk wrote:
>      > Zack,
>      > When you say you can't get the mesh working, can you be specific
>     about
>      > what you are trying to do?
> 
>     This is four XOs sitting in my cube in Westford, with no AP connection.
>     Pure mesh, all the way. Except nobody can see each other. All are
>     running 494 with firmware 18.
> 
> 
>      > Here, in Cambridge, we have a school server that is supplying the
>     mesh
>      > MPP. The laptops come up and find that mesh and sometimes even
>     see each
>      > other (there is a bug about the intermittency of seeing others on
>     the
>      > mesh).
> 
>     Hmm... maybe there's something special about the school server...
> 
>      > Also, at home I was able to connect to an infrastructure access point
>      > with a WEP key (after entering the WEP key 2 times); and have no
>     issue
>      > browsing the web.
> 
>     Good to hear that APs work; haven't tried that yet.
> 
>      > The new feature, where an XO connected to an infrastructure
>     access point
>      > and becoming an MPP hasn't been tested by John F. or me at this
>     point...
>      > is that what you are doing?
> 
>     I hope to try this once I can get the laptops to at least see each other
>     over the mesh.
> 
> 
>     Zack
> 
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