On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 10:12:32PM +1100, Alex Gibson wrote: > Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > >In anticipation of XO rollout, I want to set up a wireless access point. > >Are there any recommendations or guidelines about what router or kinds > >of routers in which to invest? The school buildings have cement and > >brick construction. > > More details > > Where ? > Power source ?
We get electricity regularly enough to power the server with a UPS. > Any existing wireless ? No. > What conditions(climate) ? India, so it gets hot outside but it generally doesn't get too hot inside. > Indoors or outdoors ? Mostly indoors. We have 2 and 3 story buildings. If the AP is located on the top floor, will computers on the bottom floor be able to ping it? How about computers in another building nearby (100-200 meters)? > On what sort of network? We have a broadband internet connection and some 100Mbit ethernet wires in the main building. In nearby buildings on the school campus there are no ethernet wires. > I've been using the olpc's we have with a linksys wrt54gl > with both linksys and opensource firmwares. > Been working with no problems. _______________________________________________ Networking mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/networking
