[IAEP] Sugar on Wireless

[Laura Johns]

The idea of running Sugar on the local network is very appealing. The  
idea of setting up a server is a pretty daunting prospect. Can I do  
it? Would I be allowed to do it? etc...... I would have 16 students  
max running Sugar but there could be another 16 or so in the next  
classroom.

Hmm... I have Sugar on three Macbooks. I removed the sugar labs server  
address from all three and verified that I could get on the internet.  
I could not see the other Mac books.

Next, I created my own network, got all three Macbooks on the network.  
Nothing. I verified the network by turning on internet sharing. Still  
nothing.


On Jun 25, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote:

> Caroline Meeks wrote:
>> What can she do for a Jabber server.
>
> Does she need one?  Sugar has serverless collaboration that works very
> well... as long as there isn't too much collaboration traffic for the
> network to handle.  The maximum number of students seems to vary  
> between
> 20 and 40, depending on wireless network hardware, physical classroom
> layout, RF environment, etc.  The limits are probably much higher for
> wired networks.
>
> In other words, if she is only working with one classroom, she  
> probably
> doesn't need a server.  If the laptops are plugged into a wired  
> network,
> then a server is even less likely to be necessary.
>
> If a server is necessary... that's trickier.  Setting up a server is  
> a lot
> of work.  Personally, I think "XS as a service" would be a great  
> business
> for some enterprising company (or even Sugar Labs itself, though that
> seems less likely these days), and a free taster limited to 30  
> students
> per school might be just the way to get started.
>
> --Ben
>