RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-20 Thread David Leeming
'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method On Jun 14, 2008, at 6:09 AM, David Leeming wrote: Hi John, 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

Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-18 Thread Pia Waugh
Hi all, quote who=John Watlington I'm glad you found a solution. Can you provide more information (such as exactly what model of AP are you using ? Which versions of firmware worked/didn't work.) Just wanted to give everyone an update. I bought a DLink DWL-2100AP which is what David and

Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-16 Thread John Watlington
I'm glad you found a solution. Can you provide more information (such as exactly what model of AP are you using ? Which versions of firmware worked/didn't work.) I can't follow the link you provided, it returns: No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the

Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-16 Thread John Watlington
On Jun 14, 2008, at 6:09 AM, David Leeming wrote: Hi John, 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

Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-16 Thread Pia Waugh
Hi all, quote who=John Watlington 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. More and more interesting. Have you been able to follow up on what Pia Waugh found

RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-14 Thread David Leeming
; 'Bert Freudenberg'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method Not knowing more about what you've done, I have to ask a lot of v. simple questions. When you say move on, you have manually associated each laptop with the AP once, right ? And the ESSID hasn't

Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-14 Thread Pia Waugh
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.

Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-14 Thread Pia Waugh
Hi, quote who=Pia Waugh I just found this which might help. Similar problem with that AP. Might help. http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=223860 t works!!! I took a risk and went backwards in the firmware. First I tried 2.10, which appeared to be just about the same as

RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-13 Thread Jim Gettys
looking for the mesh. Do you know anything about that? David Leeming -Original Message- From: Bert Freudenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2008 7:28 p.m. To: David Leeming Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-13 Thread David Leeming
PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 14 June 2008 12:44 a.m. To: David Leeming Cc: John Watlington; 'Bert Freudenberg'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method On Jun 12, 2008, at 5:10 PM, David Leeming wrote: Thanks - solved. It's all there on the wiki, yes (blush). We have

Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-13 Thread John Watlington
. To: David Leeming Cc: John Watlington; 'Bert Freudenberg'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method On Jun 12, 2008, at 5:10 PM, David Leeming wrote: Thanks - solved. It's all there on the wiki, yes (blush). We have a lot of time pressures imposed by the political

Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-13 Thread John Watlington
On Jun 13, 2008, at 5:45 PM, David Leeming wrote: Thanks John, but I did realise that simple fact. The APs do have DHCP server set up. They still move on. BTW, not so simple. I've done tests with APs and without a DHCP server. I didn't see the problem you are referring to... wad

Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-12 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 12.06.2008, at 05:53, David Leeming wrote: How can I upgrade G1G1 XO-1s using the auto-reinstallation method with a flash drive? We have 100 to update here in PNG and it is impossible to use olpc-update as the connectivity is so poor. We have a flash drive with the new image 703 on

RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-12 Thread David Leeming
June 2008 7:28 p.m. To: David Leeming Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method On 12.06.2008, at 05:53, David Leeming wrote: How can I upgrade G1G1 XO-1s using the auto-reinstallation method with a flash drive? We have 100 to update here in PNG

Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-11 Thread David Leeming
How can I upgrade G1G1 XO-1s using the auto-reinstallation method with a flash drive? We have 100 to update here in PNG and it is impossible to use olpc-update as the connectivity is so poor. We have a flash drive with the new image 703 on it, and I successfully updated a B4. But when I try a G1G1