On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:46 PM, John Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [I posted bug #8524 re lease activation not working on AP's.] > > Another mechanism that only works on Mesh is sharing "under a tree".
Ah, this is a bit of a misunderstanding :-) - The laptops will continue to have mesh antenna, and to be able to run simple mesh. It's connectivity to the school server / network that is over a convetnional AP. - Even when connected to a conventional AP, the laptops are actually using avahi (different implementation of the zeroconf protocols you mention) so they _can_ see eachother. My understanding is that it works automagically between XOs on the same AP -- but may have limitations and possibly bugs as it's not something we push (and it's not something we test much formally - feel free to encourage volunteer testers to get involved!) So we have - under a tree using mesh+avahi, and - G1G1 users at a cafe with wifi using AP and avahi btw, the assumption you make that laptops "just can see eachother" via RF is not quite right when it comes to 802.11a/b/g. It's a misconception I had too until I sat down and read the o'reilly 802.11 book (Thick But Worthwhile). When using an AP, the laptops only listen to the AP, and even traffic between nodes is all mediated via the AP. Odd protocol design, but it has its reasons (well explained in the book, I can't hope to relay them veritably here). Simple mesh does work but at a cafe I want to play with my pal *and* check the facebook profile of the girl I met yesterday so I know the bands she likes. Don't make me choose. :-p cheers, m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel