XBOX-360 modules did have a special boot2, helper, firmware and driver and Marvell cant disclose with anyone else. So, I don't think it would be possible to use MS dongles.
Thanks Ronak -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Williams Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:30 PM To: MBurns Cc: OLPC Developer's List Subject: Re: 802.11s portals On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 16:53 -0700, MBurns wrote: > List: correct me if I am wrong. > > As far as I know, the best first step is an Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter > [1]. They use the same Marvell chip that the OLPC uses, and it would > stand to reason that a Linux+Marvell setup for the OLPC would work > reasonably well in a generic Linux desktop machine with an Xbox > adapter dongle. Any progress to this in would be very interesting. The XBox dongles, while also apparently 8388-based, don't actually work with the driver or the firmware. We're not sure if there is additional hardware in them, or if they have different Boot2 firmware that checks signatures of the real firmware, or what. More experimentation and possibly reverse engineering is necessary to figure out how to upload firmware to the XBox dongles. The standard setup (for now) is an XO with a USB Ethernet dongle and the internal 8388. Bring up the ethernet device, configure the msh0 interface as AdHoc, give it an SSID, a channel, and an IP address, and start the 'mpp.py' script. We'll be plugging 8388 USB dongles into larger servers, but these dongles are Marvell reference boards and not suitable for production or long-term use since they are not environmentally sealed, don't have RF cans, and only have 1 antenna connection point. Dan > Any other ideas? > > [1] http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=xbox+360+wireless > +adapter&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:official&hs=srf&um= 1&sa=X&oi=froogle&ct=title > > On 3/27/07, Aaron Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry if this has been asked before, but... > (I asked on irc) > > I am currently researching how to connect the 802.11s mesh > points via > portals the the net. So far I found no single PCI or any other > card > that you could plug into a normal linux PC/server. How are you > people > currently configuring a portal ? Do you plug in a USB ethernet > device ? > > So, in other words: how to construct a 802.11s portal server? > > If this has been asked before, I would be very happy about > pointers. > > thanks, > aaron. > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@laptop.org > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > > -- > Michael Burns * Security Student > NET * Oregon State University > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@laptop.org > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@laptop.org http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@laptop.org http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
