So mesh networking is going away in favor of ad-hocs? If so, why? Hasn't mesh proved useful in deployments?
Best regards, Tiago Marques On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:54 PM, John Gilmore <g...@toad.com> wrote: >> On Oct 20 2009, at 19:04, Tabitha Roder was caught saying: >> > no mesh network showing in neighbourhood >> >> My understanding is that mesh is not currently supported in the >> WLAN firmware for the new chips. I am not sure what the plan of >> action is in regards to mesh support for 1.5. > > For laptops to communicate when they're nearby, no mesh is needed. > The usable range will be shorter than with a mesh, but on the positive > side, XO's should be able to communicate with every kind of device, > not just themselves. > > But I don't know if NetworkManager and Sugar are fully organized to do > "Ad Hoc" networking, presence, messaging, file sharing, etc in the > absence of an access point. > > The "mesh channels" in the GUI could be converted to "ad hoc" > channels, unless ad-hoc WiFi networking has a protocol for searching > all the channels for nearby machines. (Channel-less operation would > be simpler for users -- one less setting.) > > John > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel