On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Mike Lee <curious...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can go buy the 5 and 8 port models tonight to try. If one of these works, > then we'll at least have a basis for moving forward in the classroom. So > far, I don't think we have any confirmed working devices. > > As I said in another email, I've tested the Linksys 5-port Workgroup Switch > with no luck. > > Is there any reason to suspect the hardware? If it works over wireless or the internet, perhaps this is a software issue. Dave > Mike > > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz < > bmsch...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > >> Caroline Meeks wrote: >> > One piece of this will be creating a cluster in the hallway, that >> > collaborates locally but does not have internet access. I've yet to get >> > this to work. We need to translate from discussions of network segments >> to >> > very practical discussion of what specific model numbers can you buy at >> the >> > store and it will work for X number of computers. >> >> You should be able to use any "switch" with as many ports as you have >> computers. For example: >> 5 ports: >> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0257750 >> 8 ports: >> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0294506 >> 16 ports: >> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0282106 >> >> (The Microcenter in Cambridge happens to be my usual place to buy this >> sort of electronics.) >> >> All you should need is a switch like that, and one standard ethernet cable >> for each computer. If you have a very large number of machines, you can >> start connecting multiple switches together, but this sounds unlikely to >> be necessary for your purposes. >> >> --Ben >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > -- Dave Bauer d...@solutiongrove.com http://www.solutiongrove.com
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