On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 08:22 -0300, Flavio Coelho wrote: > Hi, > > I am no expert in wireless networking, so forgive me if I say > something stupid. ;-) > > Regarding the network interoperability, Dan mentions (see below) that > 802.11b/g routers could participate in the mesh after a firmware > upgrade.
Somebody would have to do the work to implement the quasi-802.11s support for OpenWRT/ddwrt/etc, but if that got done the technically they could be used to extend the mesh. Dan > Unless this is considered a security issue, it would be nice to > provide more information on this topic since if we could stimulate > volunteers to patch their wireless routers to help extend the OLPC > mesh. This way we could easily achieve city wide coverage due to the > ubiquity of home wireless routers in a city like Rio de Janeiro,for > instance, who will soon have a buch of XOs roaming around. > > People could even be stimulated to donate internet bandwith in > exchange being able to use the mesh, away from home, for their own > internet conectivity. (Rio doesn't have muni wifi) > > If this Idea doesn't sound too crazy (or naive) to you, I suggest > starting a how-to in the wiki. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:25:47 -0400 > From: Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Mesh Networking Interoperability > To: Stephen Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: OLPC Developer's List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 12:59 +1000, Stephen Thorne wrote: > > There's something that I'm curious about with regard to the > mesh > > networking that the laptops use, which i understand is a > pre-802.11s > > implementation. > > > > My query is: is it possible for devices that are not 802.11s > aware to > > communicate over this mesh? For instance a laptop or pda > that has > > 802.11b or 802.11g support. > > No, they use fundamentally different frame types over the > air. The > device must support 802.11s to be able to talk to other mesh > nodes. > Your 802.11a/b/g device just won't work without driver and/or > firmware > updates from the vendor. > > Dan > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > End of Devel Digest, Vol 13, Issue 46 > ************************************* > > > > -- > Flávio Codeço Coelho > registered Linux user # 386432 > get counted at http://counter.li.org > --------------------------- > "software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster" > Niklaus Wirth's law > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
