[Sugar-devel] Local Collaboration with an ethernet bug 1113

[Tomeu Vizoso]

[re-adding sugar-devel to CC]

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 17:09, Caroline Meeks<caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I think anyone with 3 computers, 3 sticks and a cheap hub could try to
> replicate.  no need to be local.

Why do you think that any computers and any cheap hub will display the
same behavior? Collaboration on link-local (server-less) works for me
always on the limited networking setups I have available.

> I bought the 5 port version of this:
> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/DesktopSwitches/FS605.aspx

Even if it's the same product from the marketing POV, differences on
the parts, firmware and configuration can cause link-local
communication work or not work.

Without a local person who can use the same equipment you use, I don't
know how we are going to be able to help you with this, even if we buy
what we think is the same equipment.

> I was not connected to the internet.  My use case is classrooms and booths
> where no wired internet access is available but we want to allow people to
> collaborate locally.

This requires that the computers involved are in the same link-local
segment. Do you know if that setup fulfils this requirement?

Regards,

Tomeu

> Thanks,
> Caroline
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 16:05, Caroline Meeks<caroline at solutiongrove.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > This is an important priority for GPA for Sept.  Its also something we
>> > want
>> > to work for conferences and expos where we demo.  Any ideas?
>> > For the GPA School I would like to set up 4-6 computers in the back of
>> >  classrooms. We may well not have internet to the classroom so I'd like
>> > the
>> >  cluster to collaborate locally with each other.
>> >
>> >  I tested this at an Expo I went to recently. I had 4 laptop and I
>> >  connected them with ethernet cable to a netgear ethernet switch.  They
>> > did
>> >  not see each other :(
>> >
>> >  How can I make this work?
>>
>> We need someone with enough technical knowledge to communicate and
>> help with debugging. Do you have someone with such profile near you we
>> can work with?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tomeu
>>
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