No, I don't think range is much of a problem. XOs are pretty good at picking up wi-fi signals (dual external make a big difference).
The main problem is capacity of the network. School wi-fi networks are typically not well-geared for every child actively using the connection at the same time. My experience with D-Link products and support is terrible, so I no longer consider them. 2011/11/3 Marghanita da Cruz <marghan...@ramin.com.au>: > Is distance/coverage an issue - access beyond classroom/school? > Have you checked out the D-Link range? > > Marghanita > > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: >> >> 2011/11/3 Marghanita da Cruz <marghan...@ramin.com.au>: > > <snip> >>> >>> With the Sugar environment, do all laptops connect to the access point or >>> is >>> it a mesh where traffic is relayed or tunnelled through one connection, >>> and >>> it is only the internet requests that go through the access point? >> >> XOs can connect via ad-hoc or through an access point. Ad-hoc requires >> one XO to act as the hub for the others, but only scales to 5-10 XOs. >> An access point is needed beyond that. Once you get beyond 20-30 you >> should start thinking about implementing an XS School server, which >> runs an ejabberd instance to manage the XMPP (jabber) traffic. >> >> XO-1s had mesh capabilities in hardware, but this no longer applies in >> the XO-1.5 and XO-1.75. Ad-hoc has taken its place. >> >> Sridhar >> >> > > > -- > Marghanita da Cruz > http://ramin.com.au > Tel: 0414-869202 > > > -- "Our mission is to enhance learning opportunities for the 300,000 primary school aged children, living in remote Australia, by providing each one with a connected XO laptop as part of a sustainable training and support program, by 2014." http://www.laptop.org.au/ http://www.laptop.org.au/participate http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
