>>> 2009/8/11 Simon Schampijer<si...@schampijer.de>: >>>> I think it would help, to have a new icon for the ad-hoc network to >>>> distinguish them. Could be a badged wireless network one? Or is >>>> the mesh >>>> icon appropriate? Or something completely new? >>> >>> I think new icons would be best, to distinguish from the mesh. I >>> think >>> we can expect mesh support again soon ;) >> >> From the user POV they are the same I guess. A local network, that >> does >> not need any infrastructure. >> >> Though, the mesh on the XO is handled automatically, the ad-hoc >> network >> requires user interaction to create it. I wonder if we ever will see a >> user using both (not at the same time) on the same machine. To think >> about the visual clash, at least. > > I do wonder if the ad-hoc network should actually be being auto > magically created, if the owner is not associated with an available > AP, much like the mesh was. We would agree a standard network name (as > did olpc-mesh), that way there is a minimum of user required > interaction and any Sugar users in range would auto connect to the > same network for collaboration.
The problem with that would be that you'd have a number of devices suddenly sharing the same network. If your in a group of users unlike in the mesh environment only one person/device would create this. Peter _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
