Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-27 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Eustace Amah wrote: > Am trying to reflash an XO but it quits after few lines with an error like > this > > Net 516.6s 98KiB/s > CRC mismatch for block #330: want 6ebdc7ac got 15f49d1b Sounds like the image you downloaded is corrupt. Or maybe the USB stick is bad

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-27 Thread Eustace Amah
Am trying to reflash an XO but it quits after few lines with an error like this Net 516.6s 98KiB/s CRC mismatch for block #330: want 6ebdc7ac got 15f49d1b OLPC C2,256 MiB memory installed,S/N SHC837006DD OpenFirmware CL1 Q2E41 Q2E Use poer button to power off. I need your help. Rgds Eustace Ama

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-21 Thread Eustace Amah
] On Behalf Of Daniel Drake Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:10 PM To: Eustace Amah Cc: Martin Langhoff; James Cameron; aklei...@sonic.net; Reuben K. Caron; taiwo.alabi; server-devel@lists.laptop.org; Emeka Lewis Nwankwo; kene.ijezie Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions 2010/1/21

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-21 Thread Daniel Drake
2010/1/21 Eustace Amah : > One of the problem that am experiencing now is that I configured the 15 APs > with same ESSID, different channels(1,6,11) shared among them and located all > around the school. Remember that the APs are configured with different subnet > from the lease of DHCP server b

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-21 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Eustace Amah wrote: > One of the problem that am experiencing now is that I configured the 15 APs > with same ESSID, > different channels(1,6,11) shared among them and located all around the > school. Excellent. > Remember that the APs are configured with diffe

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-21 Thread Eustace Amah
, 2010 1:09 PM To: James Cameron; aklei...@sonic.net; Reuben K. Caron; taiwo.alabi; Eustace Amah; server-devel@lists.laptop.org; Emeka Lewis Nwankwo; kene.ijezie Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > 3 - Define how many users

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-21 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > 3 - Define how many users you can connect to an AP -- some APs have > "configured" hard limits in the software they ship. If you have to > guess, assume ~40 as the upper limit. Let's reword that as: assume 30, which is where most APs star

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-21 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:45 AM, James Cameron wrote: > There are rules of thumb, and there is engineering. I have two thumbs and no engine in me, so I prefer the former. Is there any simple "5-step guide" to make an _initial_ antenna placement & frequency selection for APs? It will of course n

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread James Cameron
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:10:34PM -0800, aklei...@sonic.net wrote: > I for one would be interested in knowing if you can comment about > specific hardware (hopefully things currently available) that might serve > as examples of some of the things you've discussed: > i.e.: access points, improved

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread akleider
Thank you, James, very much for breaking down the issues and warning of the pitfalls. I for one would be interested in knowing if you can comment about specific hardware (hopefully things currently available) that might serve as examples of some of the things you've discussed: i.e.: access points

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread James Cameron
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 05:43:31AM -0500, Reuben K. Caron wrote: > And by non-overlapping ranges he means you can ONLY USE channels 1, 6, > and 11, spaced out so that two APs with channel 1 do not overlap. For collective interest ... the air is a commons, divided by frequencies. The radios in the

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread Reuben K. Caron
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Eustace Amah wrote: > > Thanks for the prompt reply. I need to know what to configure on t he > > eth1?The client XO needs to get their IP Lease from eth1 and connect to > the > > internet while eth0 will

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread Eustace Amah
: Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Eustace Amah wrote: > Thanks. It means I do not need to configure anything on Eth1 like NAT or > masquerading? It is 100% preconfigured, works every time, and it has a fairly specific configuration. I recommend you le

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Eustace Amah wrote: > Thanks. It means I do not need to configure anything on Eth1 like NAT or > masquerading? It is 100% preconfigured, works every time, and it has a fairly specific configuration. I recommend you leave it as it is... cheers, m -- martin.l

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread Eustace Amah
: [Server-devel] Technical questions On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Eustace Amah wrote: > Should I configure the > Access points to lease their IP from the DHCP server or it should be fixed? Good question -- configure them to have a fixed address in the 172.18.126.0/24 range. That ra

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread Eustace Amah
Thanks. It means I do not need to configure anything on Eth1 like NAT or masquerading? I found a piece of documentation on the net on this. Can you take a look quickly. They are suggesting that I should I configure the eth1 before the XO can connect to the internet. Take a look -Original Me

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Eustace Amah wrote: > Should I configure the > Access points to lease their IP from the DHCP server or it should be fixed? Good question -- configure them to have a fixed address in the 172.18.126.0/24 range. That range is explicitly set aside for anything you wa

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread Eustace Amah
Hi Martin, Thanks for the prompt reply. I need to know what to configure on t he eth1?The client XO needs to get their IP Lease from eth1 and connect to the internet while eth0 will serve as the outbound connections. Also I have about 15 Access points installed in the school. Must I have them on

Re: [Server-devel] Technical questions

2010-01-20 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Eustace Amah wrote: > Thanks for the prompt reply. I need to know what to configure on t he > eth1?The client XO needs to get their IP Lease from eth1 and connect to the > internet while eth0 will serve as the outbound connections. eth1 gets autoconfigured, and a