[Server-devel] Mesh Potato advances for 35 simultaneous Wifi connections for Nepal?
Terry Gillett, As part of the wrapup for our XS(CE) meeting this morning: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o6QtzLb6e58YKWqMf_junux2XyBRLFm31un8YLcYslg ...Tony Anderson mentions VillageTelco.org's new Mesh Potato $40 router w/ OpenWRT custom firmware that will apparently guarantee 35 Wifi connections possibly a resulting new topology to turn off ejabberd for better in-class collaboration. I didn't catch the full story but Tony is very interested in OLE Nepal trying such if you can explain more? Partic if you could clarify whether one such unit could be shipped to Boston or the UK in the coming 2-3 weeks? -- Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] mesh potato
Hi, There was discussion of this at the SF sprint. As I understand it, openWRT (from the Shuttleworth project) can be installed on a TP-Link router. It can be configured to serve connected XOs (such as in a classroom) on a mesh. It could also serve as a gateway to the school server's LAN. If this could work, then the schoolserver would not provide DHCP (since the mesh potato routers would have fixed addresses on the schoolserver LAN) and would not provide ejabberd (since that function is served by the classroom-level mesh). Presumably each classroom mesh would be a subnet of the LAN so that openWRT would act as a gateway for messages directed at the schoolserver. Is my understanding in the ballpark? Is there someone in the community who is working on this capability or is an appropriate reference for further information? Tony ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] mesh potato
I was thinking that real testing of the XSCE, mesh-potatoe AP (if available), or openWRT TP-Link could be done in the wild during the Basecamp@Malacca on Nov 16-18. Can get direct feedback of users with the 20+ XO and other devices from this direct/indirect stress test. Cheers.. for BYOD -Original Message- From: Tony Anderson [mailto:tony_ander...@usa.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 02:30 AM To: 'XS Devel' Subject: [Server-devel] mesh potato Hi, There was discussion of this at the SF sprint. As I understand it, openWRT (from the Shuttleworth project) can be installed on a TP-Link router. It can be configured to serve connected XOs (such as in a classroom) on a mesh. It could also serve as a gateway to the school server's LAN. If this could work, then the schoolserver would not provide DHCP (since the mesh potato routers would have fixed addresses on the schoolserver LAN) and would not provide ejabberd (since that function is served by the classroom-level mesh). Presumably each classroom mesh would be a subnet of the LAN so that openWRT would act as a gateway for messages directed at the schoolserver. Is my understanding in the ballpark? Is there someone in the community who is working on this capability or is an appropriate reference for further information? Tony ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
