Ok. I found 4 networking scenarios on the wiki at this link: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Networking_scenarios I was a little surprised not to see a scenario where a mesh network connects via a mesh portal without a school server. Is this a valid scenario, or was it deliberately excluded for some reason? Did anybody explicitly define how the networking should handle changes in configuration? An obvious one is from an p2p mesh to a school mesh. I can see how there could be troubles with a cluster of 1 or more XOs which have an ephemeral connection to the school mesh - they would tend to thrash between link local address assignment and DHCP address assignment as the weak connection faded in and out. I think the same thing would happen with mDNS and the presence protocols. I'm really trying to get at the vision for how networking should work. I've seen some comments here and there that networking should just work - but I'm looking for something at the next level of detail. I'm listening if anyone would like to share their opinion. Bill
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kim Quirk Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:40 PM To: Mccormick, Bill (CAR:CTO2) Cc: John Watlington; Ricardo Carrano; Martin Langhoff Subject: Re: FW: School mesh config Bill, I'm adding Martin and Ricardo to this email thread in case they can help. I would also suggest you post your questions directly to [email protected] as it isn't always clear who will be the best person to answer a request. Regards, Kim On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Bill Mccormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's hard to verify the net mgr is doing it's job if we're not sure what the job is. How about I draw up a description of the 4 networking scenarios (school server, access point, mesh portal and mesh) based on the wiki and you folks can tell me if this is what you intended? Bill ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kim Quirk Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:08 PM To: Mccormick, Bill (CAR:CTO2) Cc: John Watlington Subject: Re: FW: School mesh config Sorry, Bill. Everyone here has been flat out and next week is supposed to be even worse. There's lots of info on our wiki -- just a little difficult to find. I would point you to the main page, and the 'testing' link (on the left hand side). wiki.laptop.org. You will see some 'Networking Scenarios' in the Links of Interest section; and from there you can find other links. You can find various developer lists here, (devel being the most active) where you might get answers to questions like this a lot faster than John or I can respond: lists.laptop.org Thanks for your patience. Hope to talk again this Friday. Regards, Kim ________________________________ From: Mccormick, Bill (CAR:CTO2) Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:46 PM To: 'John Watlington' Subject: School mesh config Hey John, I've got my first pass through the network manager code done & I can even almost build it (there were some changes to libnl I have to deal with) on my Fedora 8 box. At our last meeting we talked a bit about the school mesh configuration... do you have any written info on this? if not could we do a call next week and I will pick your brains? hope you have a good weekend... Bill Bill McCormick Open innovation lab Nortel ESN 393-6298 External (613) 763-6298
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