RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-20 Thread David Leeming
Hi John,

Sorry for silence, I am just back from a trial deployment in East Sepik
(wiki will be updated later today)

See feedback from OLPC Australia:

(note that setting up an XS is not a short term option in our trials in PNG,
as there is no permanent power supply a the school)

 Just wanted to give everyone an update. I bought a DLink DWL-2100AP
which is what David and Ian are trying to implement for their XO rollouts.
We found that we could not get DHCP working on the AP at all for either an
XO or for an IBM laptop running Ubuntu. We tried several different firmware
versions (although the AP is seemingly locked to European firmware and we
can't use the US ones) and the only way we could use it was as an AP that
forwards DHCP requests to the network.

 We've spent about 4 hours today trying to troubleshoot the issues and I
am unfortunately going to have to recommend that the APs be plugged into a
network which plugs into an XS server for DHCP to get the XOs connected.
David, where you can't have an XS server you could always buy a different AP
or other DHCP allocation device per site for DHCP resolution as these APs
seem to be inappropriate for the job (at least the Australian ones).

 As per my email to the devel list, we purchased an identical AP and
mostly duplicated the problem you're seeing, but were unable to find a fix.

 We tested different firmware versions and different settings. Googling
for the issue was interesting as most people simply gave up and used these
APs as wireless bridges. Ultimately the clients will associate with the AP
fine, but they simply will not get a DHCP address and there are a lot of
messy log messages that don't help at all.

 I think setting up XS server at the sites (where possible) and turning
DHCP off on the AP is the most sensible way forward. I know this contrasts
slightly with David's experience but this is what we found. Let me know if
you find anything else.

 If you want me to source APs that do work both for the future and
perhaps to act as the DHCP servers for your existing sites, please let me
know. A disappointing outcome but with a bit more notice we'd be happy to
help recommend and source better hardware in the future. We literally knew
about Ian's trip through Australia and the purchase of the APs the day
before he arrived.

 it seems these APs are not highly regarded and apparently in particular
have issues in high temperature conditions, so you may have worse issues
ahead of you :/ Please let us know what we can do to help.


-Original Message-
From: John Watlington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, 17 June 2008 5:58 a.m.
To: David Leeming
Cc: John Watlington; 'Bert Freudenberg'; [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
 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.

More and more interesting.

Have you been able to follow up on what Pia Waugh found ?   Does it
seem relevant ?

 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?

You absolutely don't need a jabber server for laptops to associate with
an access point.   Something else is wrong here.

 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 changed ?

 How realiable is the failure ?   Do all XOs move on to mesh
 mode, or is this only a problem with a (random) few ?

?

 How many XOs on each channel ?

?   As JG mentions, if you have too many laptops per AP, this is
a known problem.  How many are you trying ?

 You could be seeing a failure of DHCP to actually occur.
 Have you checked /var/log/messages on a failing laptop ?

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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 Ian are trying to implement for their XO rollouts. We found
that we could not get DHCP working on the AP at all for either an XO or for
an IBM laptop running Ubuntu. We tried several different firmware versions
(although the AP is seemingly locked to European firmware and we can't use
the US ones) and the only way we could use it was as an AP that forwards
DHCP requests to the network.

We've spent about 4 hours today trying to troubleshoot the issues and I am
unfortunately going to have to recommend that the APs be plugged into a
network which plugs into an XS server for DHCP to get the XOs connected.
David, where you can't have an XS server you could always buy a different AP
or other DHCP allocation device per site for DHCP resolution as these APs
seem to be inappropriate for the job (at least the Australian ones).

Cheers,
Pia

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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  
administrator

Thanks,
John

On Jun 14, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Pia Waugh wrote:

 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 the  
 mysterious
 shipping firmware (2.11) that is not on their website.

 It is a slightly different use case but sounds like something to try.

 Cheers,
 Pia

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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 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.

More and more interesting.

Have you been able to follow up on what Pia Waugh found ?   Does it
seem relevant ?

 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?

You absolutely don't need a jabber server for laptops to associate with
an access point.   Something else is wrong here.

 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 changed ?

 How realiable is the failure ?   Do all XOs move on to mesh
 mode, or is this only a problem with a (random) few ?

?

 How many XOs on each channel ?

?   As JG mentions, if you have too many laptops per AP, this is
a known problem.  How many are you trying ?

 You could be seeing a failure of DHCP to actually occur.
 Have you checked /var/log/messages on a failing laptop ?

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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 ?   Does it seem
 relevant ?

I am purchasing one of the exact same APs today to figure it out and will
post to the list what I find and whether the fix I found works. 

Cheers,
Pia

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RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-14 Thread David Leeming
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 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 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? 

I do appreciate your help...

David Leeming
Cc: John Watlington; '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 changed ?

How realiable is the failure ?   Do all XOs move on to mesh
mode, or is this only a problem with a (random) few ?

How many XOs on each channel ?

You could be seeing a failure of DHCP to actually occur.
Have you checked /var/log/messages on a failing laptop ?

Cheers,
wad

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.

 David Leeming
 Technical Advisor, People First Network
 Tel: +677 76396(m) 24419(h) 26358 (w)
 www.leeming-consulting.com

 -Original Message-
 From: John Watlington [mailto:[EMAIL 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 a
 lot of
 time pressures imposed by the political realities here, with 20+
 countries
 each with their own government and process to go through, etc. I do
 appreciate your help!

 Do you also know about access points, it was stressed at the  
 Countries
 meeting in Boston that 30+ XOs in one classroom do not collaborate
 very
 efficiently and the preferred method is to use an AP to enable
 collaboration/sharing in the classroom, even if there is no
 Internet access.
 We have had some D-Link DWL2100 APs sent to us for this purpose and
 what
 happens is that if there is no Internet connection the XOs do not
 associate
 themselves persistently with the APs but hang up and go looking
 for the
 mesh. Do you know anything about that?

 Yes.   If there is no school server, and no other connection to the
 Internet,
 then you will have to let one of the APs provide DHCP service.   If
 the laptops
 connect to an AP, but aren't issued an address via DHCP, they move  
 on...

 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


 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 it, and I successfully
 updated a B4. But when I try a G1G1 laptop, even with pressing the
 game keys it just boots normally without updating. I know I have
 some gaps in my knowledge regarding the keys and security for the
 G1G1 laptops, but unfortunately I need a quick answer. Much
 appreciate any help.

 Make sure it is the signed build (called 703 not update.1-703),
 and remember you need an activity pack, too. See here:

  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Secure_Upgrade

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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. 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

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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 the mysterious
shipping firmware (2.11) that is not on their website.

It is a slightly different use case but sounds like something to try.

Cheers,
Pia

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RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-13 Thread Jim Gettys
One of the AP's (or some other machine), will have to be configured to
dchp.   - Jim


On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 07:10 +1000, 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 realities here, with 20+ countries
 each with their own government and process to go through, etc. I do
 appreciate your help! 
 
 Do you also know about access points, it was stressed at the Countries
 meeting in Boston that 30+ XOs in one classroom do not collaborate very
 efficiently and the preferred method is to use an AP to enable
 collaboration/sharing in the classroom, even if there is no Internet access.
 We have had some D-Link DWL2100 APs sent to us for this purpose and what
 happens is that if there is no Internet connection the XOs do not associate
 themselves persistently with the APs but hang up and go 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
 
 
 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 it, and I successfully  
  updated a B4. But when I try a G1G1 laptop, even with pressing the  
  game keys it just boots normally without updating. I know I have  
  some gaps in my knowledge regarding the keys and security for the  
  G1G1 laptops, but unfortunately I need a quick answer. Much  
  appreciate any help.
 
 Make sure it is the signed build (called 703 not update.1-703),  
 and remember you need an activity pack, too. See here:
 
   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Secure_Upgrade
 
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RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-13 Thread David Leeming
Thanks John, but I did realise that simple fact. The APs do have DHCP server
set up. They still move on.

David Leeming
Technical Advisor, People First Network
Tel: +677 76396(m) 24419(h) 26358 (w)
www.leeming-consulting.com

-Original Message-
From: John Watlington [mailto:[EMAIL 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 a  
 lot of
 time pressures imposed by the political realities here, with 20+  
 countries
 each with their own government and process to go through, etc. I do
 appreciate your help!

 Do you also know about access points, it was stressed at the Countries
 meeting in Boston that 30+ XOs in one classroom do not collaborate  
 very
 efficiently and the preferred method is to use an AP to enable
 collaboration/sharing in the classroom, even if there is no  
 Internet access.
 We have had some D-Link DWL2100 APs sent to us for this purpose and  
 what
 happens is that if there is no Internet connection the XOs do not  
 associate
 themselves persistently with the APs but hang up and go looking  
 for the
 mesh. Do you know anything about that?

Yes.   If there is no school server, and no other connection to the  
Internet,
then you will have to let one of the APs provide DHCP service.   If  
the laptops
connect to an AP, but aren't issued an address via DHCP, they move on...

 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


 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 it, and I successfully
 updated a B4. But when I try a G1G1 laptop, even with pressing the
 game keys it just boots normally without updating. I know I have
 some gaps in my knowledge regarding the keys and security for the
 G1G1 laptops, but unfortunately I need a quick answer. Much
 appreciate any help.

 Make sure it is the signed build (called 703 not update.1-703),
 and remember you need an activity pack, too. See here:

   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Secure_Upgrade

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Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-13 Thread John Watlington

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 changed ?

How realiable is the failure ?   Do all XOs move on to mesh
mode, or is this only a problem with a (random) few ?

How many XOs on each channel ?

You could be seeing a failure of DHCP to actually occur.
Have you checked /var/log/messages on a failing laptop ?

Cheers,
wad

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.

 David Leeming
 Technical Advisor, People First Network
 Tel: +677 76396(m) 24419(h) 26358 (w)
 www.leeming-consulting.com

 -Original Message-
 From: John Watlington [mailto:[EMAIL 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 a
 lot of
 time pressures imposed by the political realities here, with 20+
 countries
 each with their own government and process to go through, etc. I do
 appreciate your help!

 Do you also know about access points, it was stressed at the  
 Countries
 meeting in Boston that 30+ XOs in one classroom do not collaborate
 very
 efficiently and the preferred method is to use an AP to enable
 collaboration/sharing in the classroom, even if there is no
 Internet access.
 We have had some D-Link DWL2100 APs sent to us for this purpose and
 what
 happens is that if there is no Internet connection the XOs do not
 associate
 themselves persistently with the APs but hang up and go looking
 for the
 mesh. Do you know anything about that?

 Yes.   If there is no school server, and no other connection to the
 Internet,
 then you will have to let one of the APs provide DHCP service.   If
 the laptops
 connect to an AP, but aren't issued an address via DHCP, they move  
 on...

 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


 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 it, and I successfully
 updated a B4. But when I try a G1G1 laptop, even with pressing the
 game keys it just boots normally without updating. I know I have
 some gaps in my knowledge regarding the keys and security for the
 G1G1 laptops, but unfortunately I need a quick answer. Much
 appreciate any help.

 Make sure it is the signed build (called 703 not update.1-703),
 and remember you need an activity pack, too. See here:

  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Secure_Upgrade

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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...

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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 it, and I successfully  
 updated a B4. But when I try a G1G1 laptop, even with pressing the  
 game keys it just boots normally without updating. I know I have  
 some gaps in my knowledge regarding the keys and security for the  
 G1G1 laptops, but unfortunately I need a quick answer. Much  
 appreciate any help.

Make sure it is the signed build (called 703 not update.1-703),  
and remember you need an activity pack, too. See here:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Secure_Upgrade

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RE: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

2008-06-12 Thread David Leeming
Thanks - solved. It's all there on the wiki, yes (blush). We have a lot of
time pressures imposed by the political realities here, with 20+ countries
each with their own government and process to go through, etc. I do
appreciate your help! 

Do you also know about access points, it was stressed at the Countries
meeting in Boston that 30+ XOs in one classroom do not collaborate very
efficiently and the preferred method is to use an AP to enable
collaboration/sharing in the classroom, even if there is no Internet access.
We have had some D-Link DWL2100 APs sent to us for this purpose and what
happens is that if there is no Internet connection the XOs do not associate
themselves persistently with the APs but hang up and go 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


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 it, and I successfully  
 updated a B4. But when I try a G1G1 laptop, even with pressing the  
 game keys it just boots normally without updating. I know I have  
 some gaps in my knowledge regarding the keys and security for the  
 G1G1 laptops, but unfortunately I need a quick answer. Much  
 appreciate any help.

Make sure it is the signed build (called 703 not update.1-703),  
and remember you need an activity pack, too. See here:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Secure_Upgrade

- Bert -


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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
laptop, even with pressing the game keys it just boots normally without
updating. I know I have some gaps in my knowledge regarding the keys and
security for the G1G1 laptops, but unfortunately I need a quick answer. Much
appreciate any help.

 

David Leeming

Deploying in PNG

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Oceania

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