[IAEP] [Testing] [support-gang] 12-Year-Old XOs (even 18-yesr-olds)

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All...
Translations for "the rest of us":
DHCP:  http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/DHCP.html


OFW: http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/OFW  (pick one out of 12!)


NTP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol


ESSID: http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/e/essid.htm


RTC: Real Time Clock
Caryl ;-D


> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:24:58 +1000
> From: quozl at laptop.org
> To: wad at laptop.org
> CC: cbigenho at hotmail.com; iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org; testing at lists.laptop.org; support-gang at lists.laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [Testing] [support-gang] 12-Year-Old XOs (even 18-yesr-olds)
> 
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 02:03:45AM -0400, John Watlington wrote:
> > On Sep 1, 2011, at 12:55 AM, James Cameron wrote:
> > > I searched for ntp-set-clock using Google:
> > > 
> > > 	site:wiki.laptop.org "ntp-set-clock"
> > 
> > I learn some new function of OFW every week!
> > It looks like that function requires the presence of an access point
> > called "OLPCOFW" which provides DHCP and connectivity to an NTP server
> > with name "time", "172.18.0.1", or one of the various NTP pool
> > servers.   Did I misrepresent it ?
> 
> Only slightly.  It works great with a supported USB to ethernet adaptor,
> or if you type the ESSID of your WiFi first:
> 
> 	ok wifi thingamebob
> 	ok ntp-set-clock
> 
> If no ESSID is given, the default is OLPCOFW.
> 
> -- 
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
 		 	   		  
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