[Sugar-devel] [Design] Ad-hoc networks - New Icons

[Daniel Drake]

2009/8/11 Simon Schampijer <simon at schampijer.de>:
> From the user POV they are the same I guess. A local network, that does not
> need any infrastructure.

I disagree. The mesh connections are automatic, and the presence of
them does not indicate the presence of another computer like an ad-hoc
network would do. Also, they do not have the principle of ownership
that sugar places on ad-hoc networks.
The behavioural properties of the networks (including the likelihood
of communication) are different because there is no forwarding of
frames. Also, neighbouring but sleeping laptops will not forward
frames on an ad-hoc network.

Daniel