Re: [OLPC Networking] Issues with the wireless mesh devices

2008-03-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kim wrote: ...The network admin guys are quiet concerned about the DDOS possibilities. I comment, Hi Kim, I am very intested in the networking issue... because I am mounting a small lab to emulate the enviroment of the XOs Acces Point wireless work... About DDOS: At the end of this

Re: [OLPC Networking] Issues with the wireless mesh devices

2008-03-03 Thread Ricardo Carrano
Are there any tools that I can use to determine whats going on here? I noticed there was a wireshark patch is that for the XO itself? Yes, capturing traffic and analyzing in wireshark is a good way to understand what is going on. The patch you mentioned will help wireshark in decoding and

Re: [OLPC Networking] Issues with the wireless mesh devices

2008-03-03 Thread Kim Hawtin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kim wrote: ...The network admin guys are quiet concerned about the DDOS possibilities. I comment, Hi Kim, I am very intested in the networking issue... because I am mounting a small lab to emulate the enviroment of the XOs Acces Point wireless work...

Re: [OLPC Networking] Issues with the wireless mesh devices

2008-03-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some ideas: a) Google and other intense information providers have set up their servers to refuse too many requests from the same user in a short period of time. b) filtering (nat or caching software) will be a tool to do the same not only with http but with all the TCP/IP protocols. c) If a

Re: [OLPC Networking] Issues with the wireless mesh devices

2008-03-03 Thread Kim Hawtin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some ideas: a) Google and other intense information providers have set up their servers to refuse too many requests from the same user in a short period of time. b) filtering (nat or caching software) will be a tool to do the same not only with http but with all

Re: [OLPC Networking] Issues with the wireless mesh devices

2008-03-02 Thread Kim Hawtin
Forwarding due to the quietness over on [EMAIL PROTECTED] =) Kim Hawtin wrote: Is this the correct forum to post questions around the wireless mesh devices? I took an XO to a community wireless[1] monthly meeting this week. We had a number of problems with other wireless devices, we believe