Yes, we need to revisit the MPP scenario. Recently, we switched from dhcpd to dnsmasq (not in current builds yet), saving a lot of memory (10MB) and introducing a dns cache. But as Morgan, pointed out there are some bugs to fix (though I suspect we already fixed some). Hope we have time to check them soon.
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:31 AM, Morgan Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:28 AM, John Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (APs in infrastructure mode) is what is happening > > > on the ground mostly. Still, it's not good as it kills the > > > mesh-to-the-school scheme which is one of the key technical goals. > > > > This should be easy to fix. Re-enable the NetworkManager code that > > allows any laptop to gateway the mesh to the Internet. This all used > > to work in pre-B4 software, at least for USB Ethernet interfaces. As > > long as the wifi chip can simultaneously do meshing and register with > > an access point (eth0 and msh0) then Internet access over a WiFi access > > point should look the same to NetworkManager as a wired eth0. > > IIRC the problem with this is that collaboration fails on the XO > acting as the gateway. See #3136, #2980 - and of course your own > #4641. > > Morgan > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >
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