On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Martin Langhoff <martin.langh...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Sameer, > > that's expected, unfortunately. The XS-on-XO runs an "active antenna" > / "mesh gateway" in the sense of 802.11s. As the current XO-1.5 > drivers/firmware don't talk 802.11s, it won't work. In that sense, the > XO-1.5 is the same as any other 802.11a/b/g device. > > There are two paths to address this > > - get the hostap / thinfirm driver+firmware combo working again. It > was last seen working on a 2.6.17 i think. > > - get 802.11s on XO-1.5 going. this is not trivial... > > cheers, > > m > > So, what are the chances of a XO 1.5 running as XS? Is this on the books? The hardware is apt for a small school server. Sameer > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Sameer Verma <sve...@sfsu.edu> wrote: > > I haven't had much time to look into XS-on-XO1.5 (will look into it as > soon > > as Fall semester finishes) but I have a XS-on-XO1 running at home and > when a > > XO1 associates with it, the XO1 gets a 172.18.xxx.xxx address (school > mesh > > portal). When the XO1.5 associates with school-mesh-0 (I have to click on > it > > in the Neighborhood view) the association happens, but the XO1.5 gets > > 169.254.xxx.xxx address, and beyond that the network is unusable. > > > > Thought I'd pass that along. > > > > Sameer > > -- > > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. > > Associate Professor, Information Systems > > Director, Center for Business Solutions > > San Francisco State University > > http://verma.sfsu.edu/ > > http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ > > http://is.sfsu.edu/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Server-devel mailing list > > server-de...@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > > > > > > > -- > martin.langh...@gmail.com > mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff >
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