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

[Caroline Meeks]

A crossover cable is a really interesting idea. That would be a simple way
to set up two machines in a hallway to collaborate.
If anyone can test it would be appreciated. I'll try to get one so we can
test on Monday.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com> wrote:

> On 1 Sep 2009, at 20:35, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote:
>
>  Gary C Martin wrote:
>>
>>> On 1 Sep 2009, at 20:20, Sascha Silbe wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 02:57:57PM -0400, Mike Lee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  As I said in another email, I've tested the Linksys 5-port
>>>>> Workgroup Switch
>>>>> with no luck.
>>>>>
>>>> I don't think it has got anything to do with the switch.
>>>> Collaboration is known to have some bugs.
>>>>
>>>
>>> FWIW: All my testing has been done over wireless, so no wired results
>>> to report. I do have a switch and 2 machines so I might be able to
>>> test over ethernet and see if I can reproduce the issue here.
>>>
>>
>> That would be good.  Even a crossover cable between two machines would be
>> enough to test the system.
>>
>
> Yep thanks, wires are with a friend, will be a few days before I can test
> here, will give that route a test as well as a fallback if the switch is not
> playing well.
>
>  My current best diagnosis is that the dhcpcd on Strawberry has somehow
>> been configured without zeroconf, so it does not acquire a link-local
>> address and bring up the interface in the absence of a DHCP server.  I
>> freely admit, though, that this diagnosis doesn't make a lot of sense,
>> because Fedora has generally embraced zeroconf and Avahi, and there's no
>> reason Strawberry should be different from stock Fedora in this regard.
>>
>
> Yea, I'm not clear also on where the issue lies, hopefully reproduction of
> the failure in a test environment will push us in the right direction (sorry
> I can't do this right now) :-)
>
> Regards,
> --Gary
>
>


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