[Sugar-devel] meshing XOs with netbooks (WAS: Re: [Bugs] #79?NORM: SOAS should mesh network when possible)

[Gary C Martin]

On 10 Jun 2009, at 02:29, Martin Dengler wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 10:16:12PM -0300, Andrés Ambrois wrote:
>> On Tuesday 09 June 2009 10:07:19 pm Martin Dengler wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 01:46:07AM +0100, Gary C Martin wrote:
>>>> There's another 'non-mesh' option possible for the '3 kids under  
>>>> a tree'
>>>> case. They will likely have no AP/infrastructure to connect to, so
>>>> blanking the jabber server is not an option. For them the existing
>>>> local-link config would be very viable solution, but there's no  
>>>> Sugar UI
>>>> for it yet.
>>>
>>> Would this be as simple as a "ad-hoc" device in the frame that put  
>>> the
>>> wireless into ad-hoc mode?
>>
>> http://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2009/05/ad-hoc-wireless-networks-in-sugar.html
>>
>> As usual, Tomeu beat us all there :P

Well spotted!! :-)

[Now why did this not make planet.sugarlabs.org, hmmmmm....]

> Nice...reminds us what we should be spending time on :).

Our time should be spent buying Tomeu beer, and following in his wake,  
anything else is just superfluous! :-) I'm still trying to catch up  
with his work supporting SWF widgets in Sugar from a month ago!

Regards,
--Gary

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