[Sugar-devel] Fwd: [Bug 419240] [NEW] Need instructions on how to set up a cluster of computers so they collaborate.

[Dave Bauer]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can go buy the 5 and 8 port models tonight to try. If one of these works,
> then we'll at least have a basis for moving forward in the classroom. So
> far, I don't think we have any confirmed working devices.
>
> As I said in another email, I've tested the Linksys 5-port Workgroup Switch
> with no luck.
>
>
Is there any reason to suspect the hardware? If it works over wireless or
the internet, perhaps this is a software issue.

Dave


> Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz <
> bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
>> Caroline Meeks wrote:
>> > One piece of this will be creating a cluster in the hallway, that
>> > collaborates locally but does not have internet access.  I've yet to get
>> > this to work.  We need to translate from discussions of network segments
>> to
>> > very practical discussion of what specific model numbers can you buy at
>> the
>> > store and it will work for X number of computers.
>>
>> You should be able to use any "switch" with as many ports as you have
>> computers.  For example:
>> 5 ports:
>> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0257750
>> 8 ports:
>> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0294506
>> 16 ports:
>> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0282106
>>
>> (The Microcenter in Cambridge happens to be my usual place to buy this
>> sort of electronics.)
>>
>> All you should need is a switch like that, and one standard ethernet cable
>> for each computer.  If you have a very large number of machines, you can
>> start connecting multiple switches together, but this sounds unlikely to
>> be necessary for your purposes.
>>
>> --Ben
>>
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