Hi David, <quote who="David Leeming">
> To see if we could duplicate our problem, we tried with another AP: We have > a VSAT set up near the village where we are deploying a trial with 50 > children in PNG. It has a reliable wireless AP and you can associate both > "grown up" laptops and XOs no problems. The XOs will then see the Internet > and also other XOs and the activities will share OK. This AP has a DHCP > server on the wireless side. In fact, there is no other as the AP connects > straight to the VSAT modem, which does not have DHCP set up, via a switch. > If one pulls the cable out on the LAN side of the AP the XOs cease to share > and quickly drop out and look for the mesh. So, this duplicated the problem > I described. I just found this which might help. Similar problem with that AP. Might help. http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=223860 > I am now told that a jabber service is needed to keep the XOs interested and > reliably collaborating, that maybe is the cause? Do you concur? That shouldn't impact them getting a DHCP address though, I'm not sure. Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather." - Bill Hicks _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel