Dafydd Harries wrote: > This is something which was not completely clear to me until I talked to Wad > about it the other day, and I think other people might find it useful. It > should probably go on the wiki (assuming it isn't already there somewhere). > I'd > like some feedback about where it belongs. The closest thing I've found is > this > page: > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Scenario_taxonomy > > Any errors are my own. > > There are four networking scenarios: > > - simple mesh > - no access point > - no school server > - we are currently aiming to support up to 15 laptops in this case > We are beyond 15 laptops in the simple mesh scenario. I am consistently testing "simple mesh" with 30 laptops and we are aiming for more than 50. Scaling the "simple mesh" somewhere between 50 - 100 laptops may have significant impact on the (potential need for) other scenarios.
Pol > - simple WiFi > - access points > - which tend not to handle multicast very well (1Mbit/s peak) > - no school server > - this is what G1G1 laptops will tend to encounter > - typically in the developed world > - school mesh > - no access point > - school server with Jabber server > - school WiFi > - access points > - school server with Jabber server > - only one server at a time > - this is what is deployed in Peru > > Our current priority in terms of collaboration is to improve supprt for the > fourth case, as this is the situation most of our existing laptops are > deployed in, and it's likely that upcoming deployments will be similar. Our > secondary priority is improving support for the second case, as this is what > will tend happen when laptops are taken home from school. > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
